The structure of Shakespeare's Julius CaesarThe structure of the tragedy is chronological, in the sense that the different situations that take place are in order, although Shakespeare, in some cases, cuts the time between one event and another so as to be able to cover from the moment the conspiracy is planned until Brutus' death. However, the different themes of the work contribute, in various ways, to its structuring. According to Marvin Speavock and other Shakespeare critics, the play features a “double-peaked action,” meaning that the play is divided into two different parts: the first three acts on one side, and the last two on the other . This division makes sense, especially when considering the unfolding of the tragedy. The first part of the work is structured so that the reader can perceive the build-up of tension that takes place before Caesar's death, reaching its climax with Caesar's assassination and, later, when the angry mob attacks the poet Cinna, in Act III, Scene III. This growing tension is deeply linked to one of the main themes of the play, "Fate versus Free Will", because, together with the different omens revealed by different characters throughout the play, it contributes to the idea that some things are in a certain sense pre-established, as if there was a higher power deciding the fate of the characters. The work seems to support a philosophy in which destiny and freedom maintain a delicate coexistence. Portia and Calpurnia, who represent women, are an important part of this theme from the beginning of the play; they are the ones who are most afraid of what could happen to their husbands. Portia fears that something terrible might happen because of the strange behavior her husband was having at the time. Calpurnia, on the other hand, is a character deeply linked to this theme, due to the dreams she has predicting her husband's death: “Caesar, I have never witnessed the ceremonies, yet now they scare me. There is one inside, in addition to the things we have heard and seen, it tells of the most horrible sights seen on guard. A lioness gave birth in the streets, and the graves opened up and gave up their dead. mainly about “the growing political and military unrest […] the growing isolation of Brutus, the rapid rise and yet almost planned decline of Antony against […] Octavius, the climactic battles […] and the final submission of Brutus”.