The Use of Suspense in Julius Caesar :: Julius Caesar Essays

The Use of Suspense in Julius Caesar         Suspense heap be defined as the uncertainties the commentator feels about what will run a risk next in a story, or in this case, a crook.  William Shakespeare structured in Julius Caesar three very suspenseful events on which the whole play depends.         The first suspenseful event of this play occurs when the conspirators marrow and discuss their reasons for assassination.  Cassius feels that he is equal to Caesar, if not even better that him.  Shakespeare variants suspense by victimisation this statement made by Cassius  I was born free as Caesar.../we both have fed as well, and we can both / tarry the winters cold as well as he.  Then cassius tries to persuade Brutes to join in on the conspiracy by telling him that it would be sizable to execute Caesar.  Cassius tells Brutes that the fate of Rome is in trouble with Caesar in power, which he lps build suspense early in the play.  To convince Brutes conclusively, cassius forged letters and threw them into Brutuss windowpane where he was sure to find them.  Shakespeare wrote this statement  we will awake him and be sure of him. This is a very powerful statement that builds suspense because the reader most likely feels that Brutes will join in and want to assassinate Caesar, yet the reader is uncertain as to whether or not the intention will work.  These events are very suspenseful as they lead up to the assassination of Caesar.         The next series of suspenseful events that foreshadow Caesars assassination regain on a very unusual night.  One night onward Caesars death there were many an(prenominal) strange occurrences the foreshadows darkness in the future.  A lioness gave birth in the streets, the dead rose from their graves, fiery worriers fought in the clouds so fiercely that blood drizzled upon the ca pitol, horses neighed, dying men groaned, and ghosts shrieked and squealed along the streets tout ensemble events of this strange night that Shakespeare makes so suspenseful. Also on this unusual nigh, Calpurnia had a very frightening dream that was very suspenseful.  The dream was of Caesars statue emitting blood and many Romans were bathing in it.  When the reader reads this he is on the edge of his piazza