In most of Shakespeare's plays, there is a tragic hero who plays the main role. The tragic hero in the story of Julius Caesar is Brutus. He portrays all the following characteristics that Shakespeare mentioned. The characteristics include a heroic figure who, due to poor judgment, takes several poor actions that result in his death. Brutus can be described as a tragic hero due to the following of his noble reputation, hamartia, and anagnorisis. Brutus' reputation was seen as noble because he cared about his country more than anything else. Brutus’ real intention behind killing Caesar shows how noble he really is. Unlike other characters involved in the conspiracy group, Brutus was the only one who cared about the people and country while planning the murder. “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.” (3.2.24-27). Although Brutus loved Caesar, he still chose his people who were in “danger” because of Caesar. Cassius' desire for Brutus to be part of the conspirators stems from his honorable reputation as a citizen of Rome. In addition to this, Brutus' honor prevented him from killing Antony, …show more content…
He acknowledges that he did behave hastily when the spirit of Caesar appears to him in his dreams. At that moment, he made the decision that it was time for him to die after recognizing this omen as a sign that his fault had indeed been made. Brutus makes the following statement before his death: "I Kill'd not thee with half so good a will" thus proving that the conspirators were rash in their decision to execute Caesar (5.5.57). Indicating that he may have been responsible for his acts, Brutus requested his friends to murder him; as a result, he wants one of them to kill him before someone else does. He dies as he is thinking about Caesar. In this way, he demonstrates how deeply he regrets the actions he
People would view brutus as rogue and a scoundrel. But the truth is is he was blinded by cassius that caesar turn rome’s citizens into worshippers of caesar and his bloodline. forever abolishing Rome’s religion Cassius used brutus to kill caesar and save rome. But it proved that brutus valued rome over the friendship with him and caesar. The aftermath of the assassination of leads to brutus and the others killing themselves in the battle.
As well as a great friend of Caesars, which meant he could also trust him. Moreover, Brutus felt like the only way to make sure Rome was safe was to kill Caesar. He felt that for the freedom and wealth of the people, it was the most logical and ethical thing to do. In addition, which led to him being the leader of the conspirators and taking over. Brutus had known the people of Rome admired him, they also loved him.
This would imply that Brutus must have had the same ulterior motives as the other conspirators, meaning that he was also jealous and simply seeking power or political position. If this was so, why didn’t Brutus take Caesar’s place and seize control of Rome immediately? Instead, Brutus stepped down from his position as a leader and was forced to flee, eventually giving his life for Rome and avenging Caesar’s death. It should also be noted that Brutus was lied to and manipulated by Caius Cassius, which seriously affected his knowledge and perception of the situation. Cassius did this by planting false ideas in Brutus’s head that the citizens wanted him to lead Rome instead.
Brutus was an honorable, kind, and noble friend to Julius Caesar. But Brutus was also part of Caesar’s death. Brutus was a man of Rome and was loved by everyone in Rome. Everything he did was for the good of Rome. But due to his lower intellect, he fell for Cassius' sinister plan to kill Caesar.
Tragic Hero The real question going on in this play is the tragic hero who is it? Well wouldn't we all like to know. the play “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare is a tragedy, and every tragic play has a tragic hero. The obvious choice is Brutus, and some people would consider Julius Caesar as the tragic hero.
Brutus was honorable, wise beyond his years, and too caring. Tragic heroes normally die in the end and Brutus had a very tragic ending by having his servant hold the sword so he could kill himself to prove to Rome that if his actions were wrong that he would kill himself. Brutus is the noblest Roman to ever live, which is a quality of a tragic hero. This is known to be true because Antony hates Caesar’s assassins and compliments Brutus on how honorable he is. "This was the noblest Roman of them all.
After his death, there are problems with who gets power next which leads to war and Brutus' death. One of the tragic heroes in the play is Julius Caesar. He is a tragic hero because he is honorable, prominent,
Cassius also exposes Brutus's honor by hoping he would join into the assassination ploy. These examples show how he put his country before himself. By doing these honorable acts he gained respect from many in the town of Rome. Brutus also exhibits his honor by his rationality. When Brutus is first brought onto the plot to assassinate Caesar he is horrified.
In Julius Caesar written by, William Shakespeare, we can see the different ways that Brutus is the tragic hero. A tragic hero is someone, who is usually noble, that makes an error in their judgement which ultimately comes back to haunt them. We can see that this is the case from Brutus because he makes a bad judgment decision. Brutus was a noble man that was well-respected and spoke very well. His great friend Julius Caesar was getting too tyrannical and he had to do something about it.
However, Brutus wasn’t the only part of the killing of Caesar he was an accomplice along with Cassius and Casca, so he had some people who felt the same as Brutus. You could see that Brutus was a man with good morals because he didn’t want to kill Antony because he wanted the death of Caesar to be a sacrifice to the gods and not a blood bath. Antony didn’t take the death of his beloved friend well and was determined to avenge the death of
When Brutus was speaking to the people of Rome about how he helped assassinate him, he justified it by saying, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved / Rome more” (3.2.23-24). Even though Brutus is close to Caesar, he has to think about the city he serves first. Brutus wants to do what is best for Rome so if that means he has to harm a friend, he will do so for the greater good of the city he knows and loves. All it took was the conspirator to talk to Brutus a little bit to make him realize Caesar’s potential danger and say “That at his will he may do danger with” (2.1.18).
He would have rather watched himself die a thousand deaths than to watch his city in peril. Cassius helped talk Brutus into killing Caesar over jealousy. Brutus only went along with the idea because he knew that Caesar was an improper ruler for rome and its people. Brutus put his city and its people n front of him and that was his tragic flaw. Since brutus put his city before himself t stopped him from thinking what was the best himself.
Cassius wrote Brutus letters saying that the people wanted him to be king, not Caesar. Brutus being naive gave into Cassius’ plan and helped him and the rest of the conspirators kill Caesar. Brutus thought it was a good idea because he was convinced that it was for the good of
Between scholars, there is much debate on which of the two characters, Brutus or Caesar, is the hero of this tragedy. There is much evidence supporting both, though the evidence leans further towards Brutus. To start, Caesar’s tragic flaw was ambition, as Brutus shouts from the
According to Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero, Brutus is the true tragic hero of Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. Throughout the book, Brutus shows a flaw of judgment, and reversal of fortune. Brutus had a flaw of judgment that was caused due to Brutus's fatal flaw, and he had a reversal of fortune when his error in judgement caused him to lose a lot of his noble status. Some people might say that Caesar is the true tragic hero of the story; they might even say that Brutus is not a tragic hero at all, that he could have avoided the whole ordeal if he had better judgement, that because of Brutus's actions,