Bad Omens

    On the night before Caesar's death there were a lot of bad omens or bad signs.  Back in that time before the explanation of science they believed that a thunderstorm was sent from the gods and that any weird behavior was a sign sent to them from above.  Some of the bad omens that appeared the night of Calpurnia's dreams were the thunderstorm, a lioness gave birth in the streets and the dead cried from their graves.  All of these, plus Calpurnia's dream of Caesar's statue gushingg with blood and the people of Rome coming to dip their hands in it, warned her that something was wrong.  Calpurnia was not a person to believe in bad omens or superstition, so when Caesar did not take his wife's advice when she told him not to go out, was not a wise decision.  But in the next lines it is plan to see why he ignored her.  Decius comes to the house of Caesar and tells Caesar that the interpretation his wife has given him about the dream is all wrong and that the people would not want to harm Caesar but that they want to dip their hands in his blood so that they may have his mighty blood on there servant hands.  Caesar then falls for this interpretation and regrets that he even for a second yielded to Calpurnia's warning.  Caesar does end up going out to the capital and is killed by the conspirators including Brutus, Decius, Cassious, Cinna and Metellus.  Caesar never saw his wife again.