Read the excerpt from Act III of Julius Caesar. (The scene continues, as Caesar enters with Mark Antony, followed by the nervous conspirators. A crowd of five or six people arrives to give Caesar scrolls or pe­titions as he walks along. It is his morning mail. All are watched by Artemidorus and the strange Soothsayer, who has put himself in Caesar's path.)

Announcer 2: It is now the fatal fifteenth day of March, the ides of March.

Caesar: (To the Soothsayer, as a scornful joke) The ides of March are come. (He laughs lightly.)

Soothsayer: (Raising his hands to the skies in warning.) Ay, Caesar, but not gone. (Caesar frowns.)

Artemidorus: (Pushing the Soothsayer to one side, he shouts.) Hail, Caesar! (He puts his scroll into Cae­sar's hands.) Read this schedule.

Decius: (Putting another scroll into Caesar's hands) Trebonius doth desire you to read his suit.

Artemidorus: 0 Caesar, read mine first. (He shrieks with fear.) Read it instantly.

Caesar: (Frowning) What, is the fellow mad? (As Decius pushes Artemidorus away, Caesar goes to the center of the stage, close to Pompey's statue.)

Cassius: (Nervously to Gasca, who is to stab Caesar first.) Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention.

Brutus: (Calming Cassius) Cassius, be constant.

Why does Artemidorus push aside the Soothsayer in Act III ?

He thinks that the Soothsayer is one of the men who is planning to murder Caesar.

He believes that the Soothsayer is a fool who does not have the ability to predict future events.

He is rushing to get to Caesar so that he can fight off the conspirators and save Caesar.

He wants to reach Caesar before the conspirators do so that he can warn Caesar of their plan.