The effect of the symbol of the bleeding statue on the meaning of this passage is: D. The statue is a positive symbol that suggests Caesar will nourish Rome.
Symbolism can be defined as a literary device which is used by an author to convey an idea, emotion or mood to his or her audience (readers), especially through the use of symbols, people, words, marks, locations to represent it.
In this scenario, the excerpt was taken from a literary work titled "The tragedy of Julius Caesar" about a nightmare by Calpurnia with respect to the bleeding statue of Caesar.
Based on the given excerpt, we can deduce that the bleeding statue is a positive symbol that suggests Caesar will nourish Rome and be successful.
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