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Examples Of Judgement In Julius Caesar

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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, …show more content…

Cassius came up to Brutus slowly feeding ideas about Caesar into his mind, he kept pushing and pushing to get Brutus on his side until eventually Brutus caved in when he received an anonymous letter telling him he needed to take action and help take down Caesar, "... Shall Rome stand under one man's awe? What, Rome? My ancestors did from the streets of Rome The Tarquin drive when he was call'd king..." (2.1.24) The anonymous sender turns out to be Cassius trying to trick Brutus into joining him, and it worked, the note said that the fate of Rome should not be decided by one man; they should all get a say, so they have to kill Caesar to free Rome. Some might say that Caesar along with Brutus have a high noble status, and that they both have a lot to lose if they fail to give the people what they want. Caesar as king had a big responsibility that caused a lot of sacrifices, and not always did all the townspeople agree with him on his choices, but he had to do what he thought was right for the good of Rome, and that because of this, Brutus didn’t have that big of a responsibility compared to

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A tragic hero is someone who is not innocent but also a brave and noble person. Brutus’s honor, nobleness, and self-rightness makes him a tragic hero. Caesar fits the requirements to be a tragic hero but he has a tragic flaw which is that he gets to arrogant at times in the play. That can hurt him when it comes to classifying him as a tragic hero. For example when he returned to rome to celebrate the honor of his of Pompey.

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The conspirators recognized how much the Roman citizens loved Brutus. So, because of this, they did everything they could to make Brutus feel like Caesar was controlling and too ambitious. At some point, the conspirators even write fake letters to Brutus pretending to be citizens. They even go as far as doing each letter in a different handwriting. “Shall Rome stand under one man’s awe?

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Good Cinna, take this paper, And look you lay it in the praetor's chair, Where Brutus may but find it; and throw this   In at his window; set this up with wax Upon old Brutus' statue.” (Act I Scene III pg. 15). This devious ruse pray’s on Marcus Brutus noble intentions by making him believe that the letters he finds came from desperate citizens. Without a doubt Caius Cassius is a fickle, manipulative man as described by Back Stage East; “Male, senator, conspirator and main instigator of the plan to assassinate Caesar, physically lean, volatile, crafty, ruthless” (27) was the primary source of corruption that led to the exploitation of his friends by targeting their Roman

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/ Write them together, yours is as fair a name; / Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; / Weigh them, it is as heavy" (1.2.142-146). Cassius continues in his adulation of his friend, in contrast to the mockery of Caesar. By showing loyalty and feigning agreement with Brutus' love of democratic government, Cassius develops ethos further and re-establishes his role as a dear friend. Though it is implied that Cassius is in the conspiracy because of his disdain for Caesar himself and not for a monarchy in

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This does not necessarily mean he cannot be a tragic hero. Only having one characteristic just means a character with more tragic hero qualities would be a greater bet. Based on Aristotle’s characteristics of a tragic hero, some would believe Brutus is the tragic hero. Brutus possesses over half of the tragic hero qualities rather than Caesar. “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” teaches people to never make judgements until they have experienced the same situations that other people have.

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Brutus decided to join a group of conspirators, who then asked for his help to kill Caesar. Btutus agreed for the sake of Rome, not knowing it would only set up the future for what was to come. Brutus thought that the rise of Caesar would be a threat to the people of Rome, thinking that they would lose all freedom and become slaves. “Caesar straddles the narrow world like a giant, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and look forward only to dying dishonorably, as slaves.”

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The beginning to Brutus’s inner thoughts reveal that he is questionable of his ambitions, meaning that he believes that Caesar’s plan for Rome and its people is wrong, but never knowing for sure. In the beginning of Brutus’s soliloquy (Act II, Scene i, Lines 10-15), Brutus states to the audience that he has no real reason to oppose Caesar, and that he is questioning what being crowned king will do to his ambition as a leader. Brutus fears that Caesar will become a rambunctious tyrant, doing only what is best for him and ignoring the needs of the people of Rome. At this point, Caesar had not even been crowned king of Rome by the Senate, and the conspiracy group is going off of pure speculation.

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The letters said they were from the people and said they don't want Caesar to become king. They tossed the letters in Brutus's window on the Ides of March to trick him. Cassius knew Brutus is good to the people so if he could trick Brutus into thinking the people wrote it he could get him to join. Though there are many reasons for Brutus to join the conspiracy there are many reasons why not to.

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