Is brutus the tragic hero of the play or is it someone else? In William Shakespeare's’’ play Julius Caesar I believe that Brutus is the tragic hero of the play and here is why. I will explain how he is an honorable man, a loyal man, and how he always does what is best for others. Brutus may have had flaws but he made up for it with all his honor, loyalty, and selflessness. First, Brutus is an honorable man as mentioned in Brutus’s speech when it says, “ I have no personal reason to strike at him.(Shakespeare 2.2)” I say this because he killed Caesar for the good of the country not really for the good of himself this is shown buy the quote because he tells that he didn’t personally want to kill Caesar but he felt rome needed him dead. Then when Brutus was in the fight against Antony he was honorable, “Ride, ride, Messala, ride, and give these dispatches to our forces on the other side.”(Shakespeare 5.2). He was giving the other side news so they could stay up to date with what was happening and that shows he is honorable to his people because he …show more content…
This is shown when Shakespeare states, “People and senators, be not affrighted. Fly not. Stand still. Ambition’s debt is paid.”(Shakespeare 3.1).This is when he killed Caesar for the good of the country and because he became too ambitious this is because he loves his people and he feels that since Caesar is dead no one will have to worry. In another section Brutus turns on Caesar because his friend Cassius tells him to because Caesar was lying. This shows he is loyal to the ones he knows don’t lie to him. This becomes present when he says, “Ay, do you fear it? Then must I think you would not have it so.” (Shakespeare 1.2) Cassius says this when Brutus says he is afraid Caesar has become their king. This shows he brutus is loyal yet he can be swayed easily so there is one flaw he has. This shows he is loyal to his country but maybe not so loyal to the right