Question

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?
dropdown options: their home, a bloody statue, calpurnia’s knee

Explanation:

In the passage from "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", a symbol is an object that represents deeper meaning. The bloody statue is a symbol: Calpurnia’s dream of Caesar’s statue (representing Caesar) spouting blood and Romans bathing in it foreshadows Caesar’s assassination and the chaos/violence to come. "Their home" is just a setting, and "Calpurnia’s knee" is part of her pleading gesture, not a symbolic object with deeper thematic meaning like the bloody statue.

Answer:

a bloody statue