 Let's look at the character of Calpurnia. Now Calpurnia is Julius Caesar's wife, also historically she was Julius Caesar's wife at the time of his death. In the play we can see that she has really really terrible omens of Julius Caesar being killed and dying and of course this coincides with what the soothsayer had warned Julius Caesar about which is to beware the Ides of March, to beware the 15th of March. This is of course when Julius Caesar was killed as a result of a plot that was put together by Brutus and Cassius. Now Calpurnia is presented as a very loving wife and as a wife that's really really concerned about some unnatural events that are happening in the lead-ups the Ides of March and of course she also has a really terrible nightmare where she envisions Caesar being kind of consumed in this fountain of blood. Also we can say that this nightmare foreshadows the eventual war that does take place between Octavia Caesar and Mark Antony on the one hand versus Brutus and Cassius's army on the other hand. So her dream is also really powerful not only in foreshadowing Caesar's death but equally you can argue it foreshadows the eventual bloodshed that happens as a result of the war that takes place after Julius Caesar's dies. Now Calpurnia, do you remember that she and Julius Caesar had actually a very good relationship and in the play we can see that Julius Caesar almost sees her as an equal. He consults in her, he listens to her however the only time he doesn't listen to her her ideas do turn out to be correct because he is killed when he goes against her advice and not to go to the Senate on the 15th of March. Now when it comes to Calpurnia's character if you're writing about her or her relationship with Julius Caesar as part of your coursework or exams you do need to bear in mind key quotations relating to her character so I've selected the most relevant quotations for her character as well as the word-grab analysis you do when discussing and analyzing these quotes. So let's begin with the first one and this is of course relating to her nightmare. She states graves have yawned and yielded up their dead. Now here this is really powerful she's basically saying that graves are opening up all of these unnatural things are happening all of these ghosts are rising from the grave okay and again here she's really for having this terrible sense of foreboding and she fills up this is a really ominous sign that something terrible might happen to Caesar. Now the word-grab analysis you want to do here is firstly the personification of graves having yawned but also the other word-grab analysis you want to do is the alliteration of why it yawned and yielded. Now the second quotation to bear in mind and this is still from the same speech where she is describing this terrible vision that she had and this is what's leading to her sense of foreboding. Her terrible sense of foreboding is of course when she states Caesar I never stood on ceremonies yet now they fright me. Now here what she's saying ceremony's here is basically on omens she's basically saying I never believed in any form of superstition but now when I think of this superstitious feeling that I have it's just terrifying me you really need to listen to me she's being she's trying to really convince Caesar to listen to her because she's so frightened that he's going to die and of course her terrible feeling does come true. Now the word-grab analysis you want to do here is firstly the assonance of E. In Caesar never ceremonies yet they fright me and of course this is all what we call a declarative sentence okay declarative sentence and sentence that states a fact feeling a mood. Now of course here we can see that Carpone really does love Julius Caesar and she really wants him to avoid this terrible fate however he does not listen. Now the third quotation to bear in mind again tying in to this terrible omen that she sees these terrible dreams that she experiences are when she states horses did nay and diamond did groan. Now as I mentioned this dream of her seeing Caesar you know drowned in this fountain of blood and also all of these terrible things these shadows and all of these terrible events that she's seeing this not only foreshadows Julius Caesar's death but also particularly this quotation foreshadows the horses and the men on horseback who are fighting in both Mark Antony and Octavia Caesar's army as well as Brutus and Cassis's army okay so she also foreshadows this fight that occurs in Act 5. Now the word-grab analysis you want to do here is focused on the onomatopoeia of nay and groan of course this shows how vividly the sounds that Carpone could hear were in her really horrifying dream. The other quotation for her character is when she states the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princess so here what she was saying is that nobody remembers Vegas when they die however even heavens themselves open up when royalty princes die and so she's basically saying look look at how you know the elements are acting it's because you Julius Caesar as someone who is a person of royalty you will die so the heavens are telling us something please please heed these signs okay and again Julius Caesar does not listen. Now the word-grab analysis you want to do is focus on the celestial language of heavens remember celestial language is language that refers to things like heavens stars sky and moon anything that's to do with the supernatural. The next quotation to bear in mind with Carpone's character is when she's telling Julius Caesar alas my lord your wisdom is consumed in confidence okay and of course she is talking about his haemacia his fatal flaw which is his overconfidence his ambition but equally his inability to maybe yield to fear. Now here what she's spacey saying is Julius Caesar you're being way too overconfident and that's going to be your downfall and she is correct. Now the word-grab analysis you want to do here is firstly the contrast in the pronouns my so Carpone being you know rational thinking about it and not necessarily wanting to constantly always prove a point to the senate as opposed to the pronoun your or where she's showing Julius Caesar's differing approach to the threats that she sees. The other word-grab analysis you want to do here is the deterioration of sea in consumed and confidence and here she's basically saying Julius Caesar you're being way too confident you're you're just thinking that everything is going to be fine when you go in tomorrow by don't think it's going to be okay and finally the final quotation is when she speaks to him very forcefully do not go forth today here she's saying don't go to the senate today please don't listen to me okay and here the analysis you want to do is point out that it's an imperative sentence remember that an imperative sentence is a sentence that states a fact feeling or mood it's it states a fact and here the imperative sentence basically is or it states also a command so an imperative sentence is basically a sentence that tells someone what to do now here what Carpone is basically telling Julius Caesar is please do not go into the senate she's being very very forceful okay and what this is illustrating of course is also the nature of the relationship where she was able to really speak openly and very frankly to Julius Caesar however whilst in the past he did listen to her he kind of listened to her as a confidant on this occasion he tragically takes the decision not to and this is what ultimately causes his death so do bear in mind that Carpone is presented as a really loving but also very strong-minded wife of Julius Caesar they're also presented to have a very loving relationship and of course she is devastated once her husband is killed so that's it when it comes to key quotations relating to the character of Calpurnia