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The era of Julius Caesar was a time when many people’s feelings toward the government began to change. This was one of the first times in Roman history when people began to question the power of their ruler. In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, we see a brief picture of this Roman life during the time of the First Triumvirate. In this snap shot, many unfortunate things occur as …

…superstition intertwined throughout the entire play, we can reasonably conclude that this irrational belief in why certain events occur and how to avoid them, is what led to Caesar’s demise and eventual avengement. "This was the noblest Roman of them all…. His life was gentle, and the elements So mixed in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, ‘This was a man!’" ~Marcus Antonius The Tragedy of Julius Caesar