Who persuades Caesar to go to the Capitol despite omens?

• A. Brutus
• B. Cassius
• C. Portia
• D. Decius

Answer: (D)

Decius uses flattery and clever reinterpretation of omens to push Caesar toward the Capitol. He knows Caesar’s pride and craving for public honor, so he flatters that the Senate plans to crown him that very day and that the ominous dream can be read as a sign of his destined greatness if he goes to the Capitol. By reframing the omens as favorable and urging him to show boldness and appear before the crowd, Decius convinces Caesar to attend, making the moment ripe for the conspirators’ plan. Portia pokes at fear from a personal angle, and Brutus and Cassius are plotting from the shadows, but it is Decius’s persuasive interpretation and flattery that leads Caesar to the Capitol.