Was Julius Caesar Honorable

Have you ever been so caught up in yourself that you miss things that could have been useful later or saved you from a difficult situation? Well, this is an issue for the main character, Julius Caesar, in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. In this play, Rome just won a war followed by a celebration, and this upsets Brutus and Cassius. Cassius makes a plan to kill Caesar and has a group with Brutus called the conspirators. There are different omens that say, Caesar will die, and these omens come true leading to Caesar's death. 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,

This can be seen at the beginning of the play when he was being celebrated in the streets by all of the citizens when he came back from winning the war. After he died, while Antony was giving his speech about how he should be the next leader, he read off Caesar's will, and in his will, Caesar wanted to give the people his land and money. An example of this is “ But indeed, sir, we make holiday, to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph” (Shakespeare, 14) This shows how he is honorable because they are making a holiday or celebrating his success in winning the war against

We know this because he was a military leader, was praised at the parade, had statues and his death was very dramatic to Rome. In the beginning, we learned that he was a military leader because he had just come back from war and was being celebrated. As well, later in the play, Calpurnia has a dream that mentions his statues, and those statues show his significance/ importance in Rome. Finally, of course, his death was very dramatic and causes a lot of problems throughout Rome. We know this because Caesar says “She dreamt (Calpurnia) tonight she saw my statue, Which like a fountain with an hundred spouts, Did run pure blood, and many lusty Romans Came smiling and did bathe their hands in it.” (Shakespeare, 41) while talking with Decius about the dream Calpurnia had that night. This not only shows that he is prominent because he has statues but leads us to our next point of how Caesar ignores the warning signs and omens that he will die.
Though Caesar is honorable and prominent, he has a tragic flaw which is his arrogance. An example is when he ignores a soothsayer, his wife, and is flattered which leads him to his death. First, he twice ignores the soothsayer to beware the ides of march because he thinks he is just crazy. Then later in the play, he ignores Calpurnia, his wife, when she has bad dreams and the odd things she sees around town. Finally, after getting a warning letter specifically saying he would