Read the excerpt below from act 1.3 of the tragedy of julius caesar and answer the question that follows. casca: a common slave—you know him well by sight— held up his left hand, which did flame and burn like twenty torches joined; and yet his hand, not sensible of fire, remained unscorched. . and there were drawn upon a heap a hundred ghastly women, transformèd with their fear, who swore they saw men all in fire walk up and down the streets. and yesterday the bird of night did sit even at noonday upon the market-place, hooting and shrieking. . for i believe they are portentous things unto the climate that they point upon. portentous – adj. predicting the future. what does this passage foreshadow? rome will continue to prosper, and all citizens will be happy. rome will suffer revenge at the hand of a slave. rome will suffer danger and destruction. rome will find a renewed peace once the bird of night leaves the market-place.

Rome will suffer danger and destruction.

Explanation:

In Act 1, Scene 3, Casca and Cicero meets on the roman Street. The weather on that night is much more terrible than any other days. In the previous scene, i.e., Act 1, scene 2, we see how Cassius and Brutus, together had conspired against Caesar, to overthrow him from being a king of the Rome. In the this Scene, we see nature portending of something terrible that's about to happen, i.e., murder of Caesar. Both Cassius and Brutus were a longtime inmates of Caesar, but when, Caesar received more praises from the citizens of Rome, the want of gaining power over-seize them. They think that Caesar is not able king, because he have weaknesses in him to be a king.

In Act 1, Scene 3, the weather of Rome gets terrible. And Casca shares his dream with Cicero that he saw, a man whose hands are in fire but his flesh is not burning. All these bad omens and natural happenings were a sign to Roman citizen of the danger and destruction that's about to take place in Rome.

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