Brutus' Dream- Blog assignment #3

I found myself in a forest, surrounded by wild life, not knowing where to go. I looked in the sky for some direction. By my astonishment, I saw a hawk flying ahead, with its wings spreading across the entire sky. The sun was in my eyes and beating down on my face like hot coals. I started to follow the hawk, keeping my eyes overhead so that I wouldn’t lose it. I could feel myself wanting it— I was going somewhere, and this hawk was leading the way.

The trees that surrounded me disappeared and were replaced by a large vast plain. Appearing from thin air, animals began to take the field, with expressions of anger, deceit, betrayal, and hopelessness. They took their posts and I stood back, scared of what might happen next. They roared with defying amounts of aggression and charged forward. Like soliders on a battle field, they held nothing back, not afraid to die.

Deceased animals were shed abroad the plain—cats, horses, elephants, frogs. And hung over a blood stained rock, slept the hawk I had been chasing, which seemed like days ago with all the chaos that stood before me. I looked away, feeling as though that hawk had meant something important to me.

But the time wasn’t to mourn, for directly in front of me a colossus bear slashed its sharp claws across the neck of dog. As the crisp end of his weapon hit the powerless animal, the blood sheared across my face, blocking my vision. I smudged it away, trying not to miss the action.

When I reopened my eyes, I heard a frightening burst of thunder from above, and felt cold liquid soak my body. It was like a bad case of chicken pox; the scene before me was attacked by red dots. I looked up at storm above, and instead of a rain cloud, a bursting red bubble filled the sky. It was raining blood; drenching everything with the former remains of peace and serenity, which was no longer anywhere to be seen. The blood, once again, covered my vision.

I awoke to listen to my own heavy breathing, and my hand covered in red, from the blood dripping out my nose. I loved Rome more then anything, and in that moment, I knew I killing Caesar was what I had to do to prevent that from happening.

Dream symbolization

Hawk- freedom

Cats- feminine power (Portia)

Horses- power, strength, endurance

Elephants- stability, ability to deal with any problem

Frogs- love

Dog- friendship

* the dying of all these animals represents losing all these things; freedom, feminine power, strength, friendship, etc.

Bear- unfriendly: Threatening situation or circumstances from powerful sources, groups (Brutus thinks that this represents Caesar, but in reality, it represents himself because he is killing the dog which represent his and Caesars friendship)

Thunder-power beyond control