Julius Caesar's Personality Was What Killed Him

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superstition shows when he claims his wife, Calpurnia, she can be cured of sterility if she is touched by one of the holy runners. In this case the holy runner is friend Mark Antony who is with him until the end. Two other men in the crowd, Marcus Brutus and Cassius, are nobles and conspire against Caesar. They plan to assassinate Caesar and his friend Mark Antony. Caesar starts to sense this and says to his friend “Cassius has a lean and hungry look;/ He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.”(Act I Scene II) Caesar was right. They were planning to eliminate him. They found his weaknesses and sought allies. One of these allies was named Brutus. Brutus was a slick and wise man, he knew Caesar loved flattery. He told Caesar he was going to be crowned king during the Ides of March. Julius was warned a few more times by his wife and the Soothsayer that something was going to happen. A conspiracy was taken place.
Caesar’s vanity, pride, and his belief that the hour of ...

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