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read the passage. then answer the questions that follow.
caesar. calpurnia here, my wife, stays me at home.
she dreamt tonight she saw my statue,
which like a fountain with an hundred spouts
did run pure blood; and many lusty romans
came smiling and did bathe their hands in it.
and these does she apply for warnings and portents
of evils imminent, and on her knee
hath begged that i will stay at home today.
– the tragedy of julius caesar,
william shakespeare
what is the symbol in this passage?
their home
a bloody statue
calpurnia’s knee
ool contribute to the meaning of this
In the passage from "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", the "bloody statue" is a symbol. Calpurnia's dream of Caesar's statue (which is like a fountain with a hundred spouts running pure blood, and Romans bathing their hands in it) is a portent of the evil (Caesar's assassination) to come. "Their home" is just a place, and "Calpurnia’s knee" is where she begged, but the statue with blood has symbolic meaning related to foreshadowing Caesar's fate.
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