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The Use of Suspense in Julius Caesar         Suspense can be defined as the uncertainties the reader feels about what will happen next in a story, or in this case, a play. William Shakespeare incorporated in Julius Caesar three very suspenseful events on which the whole play depends.         The first suspenseful event of this play occurs when the conspirators join and discuss their reasons for assassination. Cassius feels that he is equal to Caesar, if not …

…conspirators. He will cry havoc and have dead and rotting men lying unburied. These events are suspenseful as they foreshadow the extreme political conflicts to come.                  The three events were very effective methods of adding suspense to the play. Shakespeare has the reader constantly wandering what will happen further along in the play. The play ends after order is restored. Will it remain that way, or will history repeat itself and more political conflicts erupt.