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Q: Why does Caesar ask Antony to touch calphurnia?
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What does Caesar ask Antony to do for him while Antony is in the holy chase?

Stand in front of a Calphurnia to cure her inability to have children.


Why might Caesar ask Antony in front of everyone else?

So then everyone knows that Antony have Caesar's permission to touch Calpurnia (Caesar's wife).


What does Antony ask to do?

Julius Caesar asks Marc Antony to touch his wife, Calpurnia to cure her from being sterile (unable to bare children)


What does Antony ask of the conspirators?

To deliver Caesar's eulogy (funeral speech)


Caesar yields to calpurnia's wishes at first Why does he change his mind and decide to go?

Calphurnia's incessant pleadings caused Caesar to decide upon staying behind. But, Decius Brutus arrived on the scene. He undid all the effect of Calphurnia and the interpretation of her dream. He told that blood oozing out from Caesar and hundreds of Romans bathing their hands in it meant that Rome shall draw its power and energy from Caesar and people will ask for his blood stain, hair and his belongings to keep as a memento which they shall later mention in their will bequeathing it to their children. This flattered Caesar who now considered Calphurnia's fear as senseless and became determined to go to the Capitol.


Why might Caesar ask Antony in front of everyone else in Julius Caesar act 1 scene 2?

Your question may be unclear. However, Caesars wife Calpurnia, was unable to have children. Caesar told Anthony, 'before you go, touch Calpernia, people say that if you touch an infertile woman at festival time she will be freed of infertility'


What does Mark Antony ask permission to do?

He asks permission to speak in the funeral of Julius Caesar.


What favor does Antony ask of the conspirators?

To deliver Caesar's eulogy (funeral speech)


After being assured he is in no danger what favor does Antony ask of the conspirators?

The favor that Antony asks of the conspirators is to speak at Caesar's funeral. They eventually let him, however Brutus gives him guidelines/restrictions that he must agree too or else he will not be allowed to speak at the funeral.


Why did Antony send a servant to Brutus immediately after Caesar's death?

well, because for one Antony is Caesar's friend and for two he wants revenge on the conspirators for killing his best friend. So to get revenge on the conspirators Antony is going to get the crowd to turn against the conspirators and get back at them for murdering Caesar.


Why does Caesar ask Mark Antony to touch Calpurnia with the leather thong he will carry in the race which is part of the celebration of the Luperacal?

Caesar asks Mark Antony to touch Calpurnia with the leather thong in the hopes that it will cure her infertility. In ancient Roman beliefs, being touched by the thong during the Lupercalia festival was thought to promote fertility and ensure safe childbirth. Caesar's gesture reflects his desire to have an heir and continue his bloodline.


Why did the conspirators ask Caesar to free publius cimber?

The conspirators ask Caesar to free Publius Cimber because they all knew Caesar would say no, causing an argument thus leading them to surround Caesar and kill him. It was a way to get close to him.