William Shakespeare's famous play, Julius Caesar, contains many important themes. The three most important themes for me are: advice can be difficult to take, pride is the first clue to destruction, and innocence can be easily faked. The first major theme for me is that it can be difficult to take advice. The fundamental meaning of this theme is that, to be confident and successful in life, a person must learn to recognize and appreciate that advice and warnings can come from many sources, even unexpected ones. However, it is difficult for some people, especially strong and confident ones, to realize this. My first example occurs when the soothsayer tells Caesar to be afraid on the Ides of March because some horrible event will happen to him. This is the first meeting Caesar has with the soothsayer. Cesare tries to avoid him and finds excuses not to talk to him. “Cesare: Who is in the press calling on me? I hear a tongue, more shrill than all music, Crying 'Caesar!' Speak; Cesare turns to listen. Soothsayer: Beware the Ides of March... Caesar: He is a dreamer; let's leave it: it passes." (Act 1, Scene 2) The quote shows how Caesar is not willing to take the Soothsayer's sagacious advice into consideration. Because Caesar didn't listen the first time, the soothsayer had to return later in the story to remind Caesar of his warning about the Ides of March. This time, when he was notified in February, Cesare didn't think much about it. He simply puts it off and thinks to himself, “What do I have to worry about? Nothing bad ever happens to me, because I am Caesar." Another example of not recognizing advice results in Caesar's death in the story. Caesar is in the Capitol... in the center of the card... communicated by Julius Caesar is the topic on which it can be difficult to take advice. I think this because, in history, there have been multiple moments where Caesar was told something very important and he didn't bother to listen. Caesar couldn't live by other people's rules and didn't like having to take advice. This true fact is what ultimately causes him to ignore the conspirators' plot to kill him, and then he dies. The reason why the other two themes aren't communicated as clearly is because the innocence of Caesar and Brutus doesn't have as many quotes explaining them. Furthermore, Brutus' innocence does not directly cause his death. The pride that Caesar has during his many speeches plays an important role in his death, but since Caesar did not listen to the soothsayer, Caesar is unaware of the conspirators' plan to attack him..