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Who is Julius Caesar? Julius Caesar was remembered as one of the greatest emperors in the Roman Empire and had an amazing military mind set. He care so much for the people and he was always fair. He was an amazing leader. History credited him with laying most of the Roman Empire. In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar we find out that sadly his reign came to an end in March 15, 44 BC.He was murdered by his closest companions, his closest friends because of jealousy. This essay will show all of the omens and superstitions that have been going on in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Examples of this can be found in the Feast of Lupercale, Calpurnia’s dream, The Soothsayer, and the strange occurrences describes at the end of act one. What is an Omen or a Superstition? An omen is a sign that goes at an event. For example you could have strange birth defects, or animals acting in weird ways some of those types of things are seen as omens. Omens can be good thing or a evil thing. They can show good, positive events or an evil, bad, harmful ones. Omens are very close to fortune-telling . The omen must be read by someone who knows how to do it . Throughout the ancient world, omens were believed, divined, and obeyed. Let’s take Assyria for example if the king or queen received an evil omen, he would leave his throne and and go into hiding and the …show more content…

He is worried about the storm and says that 'Or else the world, too saucy with the gods, Incenses them to send destruction.' Cicero asks if Casca is afraid of the storm or if he has seen anything that was so scary before. Casca describes many other things that is described as bad luck. Casca tells Cicero that he saw a slave's hand burst into flames without causing the man any pain. He also says that he crossed a lion in the street that simply looked at him and walked away. He goes and says that he also spoke to a group of women who were super scared after seeing the

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