Being Noble In Julius Caesar

Brutus’ tragic flaw is his honor, poor judgement and his idealism. The conspirators wrote him fake letters to get him to join them. They made it seem good that they were killing Caesar. For his second flaw, which is first taken advantage of by Antony, when he talked Brutus into letting him speak at Caesar’s funeral. His second example of poor judgement is thinking Antony could cause no harm to the conspirators or their plan. His last example of poor judgement was attacking Antony and Octavius at Philippi. His idealism leads him to believe what everybody tells him, he believes Antony and Cassius. Cassius makes him believe they are killing Caesar for the betterment of Rome. Everybody took advantage of Brutus’ flaws except Caesar.

Selflessness, a noble trait to have, but when one puts everything before themselves, it will only lead to tragedy. The character Brutus in ¨The tragedy of Julius Caesar” makes the choice to murder his personal friend Caesar, the soon to be ruler of Rome, for the future of his country. This leads to Caesar's second in command, Antony, to pursue Brutus and the others involved in the murder until their death. In William Shakespeare's play ¨The tragedy of Julius Caesar” Brutus through his selflessness in acting for the better of Rome instead of himself, and putting aside personal matters for his country becomes the tragic character.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This illustrates the theme in the historical play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Julius Caesar was a man full of arrogance and he had a sense of being self-absorbed. This kind of personality lead to bad things, it eventually led to death. Caesar was a well-known man in Rome. The people of Rome didn 't care what he did. Everyone thought he was perfect. I ii 273 He was married to a woman named Calpurnia. She lived in Rome. At the beginning of the play, Caesar just had defeated Pompey. I i 53 Some of the people in Rome knew that Caesar was getting into deep trouble. Brutus had to make a big decision towards the end. Everyone wanted Brutus to kill Caesar because he was never going to change his personality. He didn 't know what he should do, he didn 't know what is best for Rome.

The play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, entails the rise and fall of Julius Caesar and Brutus, the man plotting against him. At the opening of the play Julius is being celebrated for his victory over Pompey. Later, he is offered kingship; but Caesar refuses the crown. On the ides of March Brutus and some other men come before Caesar to plead a case; except, their only motive is to kill Caesar. Antony, Caesar’s right hand man, pretends to side with the conspirators after Caesar is killed, while he gathers an army to defeat Brutus. Antony and Octavius’ army defeats Brutus’ troops; forcing Brutus and many others to commit suicide. The tragic character, Brutus, is usually the protagonist that has a tragic flaw and this causes his defeat. A tragic flaw is the cause of their downfall, usually an action or belief. Brutus’ tragic flaws are his nobility, trust and the inability to wrong people. Brutus is the tragic character in Julius Caesar because of his nobility and because he does all his deeds for the good of Rome.

In Julius Caesar corruption led to dangerous outcomes, such as death. "Et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar!" (Shakespeare 3.1.77). The last words of noble Caesar could be heard, as Brutus, the last of the conspirators, took a plunge at Caesar with his knife. Caesar laying there on the senate floor, illustrated the murderous intentions of the senators.

As noble and great as Brutus might be, all tragic heroes have some tragic flaws and make some errors of judgment, which leads them to their downfall. In this case Brutus's great flaw is that he is too honorable, and he's too naïve when he is dealing with people. An example of an error of judgment is when Brutus underestimates Antony, and thinks him incapable of being dangerous after Caesar's death, "For Antony is but a limb of Caesar...he can do no more than Caesar's arm When Caesar's head is off."  This turns out not to be the case. One example of Brutus's excessive honor being damaging to him, is when he decides that only Caesar should die and no one else even if they seem to threaten his cause, as Cassius warns repeatedly that Antony does.

In Julius Caesar Brutus displays the traits of a tragic hero throughout this play. His tragic flaw is need to be nobel. He makes an error in judgment, and when killing Caesar causes all of Rome to turn against the conspirators everything from then on causes tragic events. All of which eventually lead to his death.

Julius Caesar was popular with middle and lower classes because he lowered the debt which allowed many to gain more financial freedom. He began a welfare reform, reducing the number of those on the dole in Rome from 320,000 to 150,000 (the latter roughly fifteen percent of Rome's population). He would try to please the middle and lower classes by building places for the public (like the library). He was known to be a great military man and gained popularity through his triumphs. He was also known to be merciful because he would offer to pardon to many of his defeated enemies. When Caesar was presented Pompey’s head he was supposedly furious that he was not given the chance to pardon his eternal rival Pompey. So, through his actions and reform

What makes someone honorable or corrupt? Webster defines honorable as “deserving of respect or high regard.” Webster also defines corrupt as “to change from good to bad in morals, manners, or action.” Honor is doing something for moral excellence. Being dishonorable or corrupt is flaunting one’s own abilities for completing a deed. Who comes to mind when you think honorable? Who comes to mind when you think corrupt? Everyone has a different opinion for who is honorable and who is dishonorable or corrupt. In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, multiple people can qualify as honorable or dishonorable; it just depends on the way you see a situation. As a result, I consider Titinus to be the most honorable and Octavius to be the worst

I am now going to discuss Cassius. I would say that Cassius was a very

In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, great emphasis is placed on what it means to be a good Roman. Honour, honesty, service, and dignity were among the qualities considered virtuous and which contributed to a sense of Roman duty. Along with the virtues, Shakespeare also seems to examine the nature of philosophical Stoicism. The treatment of constancy and Stoicism has many thematic and moral implications in Julius Caesar. In analysing Brutus’ supposedly noble character, Shakespeare calls into question Stoicism’s place as a guide for human conduct.

Ambition, power, and misinterpretation. Despite being different from each other, they prove to work well together as motifs in Shakespeare’s plays like Macbeth, Hamlet, and mainly The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. These recurring themes in Julius Caesar construct the play’s plot and make the story more compelling. Julius Caesar is a play written by William Shakespeare in 1599. An acceptable reason Shakespeare wrote this play is that Julius Caesar’s life reflected politics during Roman times to that of Shakespeare’s time. Using a popular figure from the past was Shakespeare’s way of commenting on contemporary politics without sparking controversy. The characters in the play had to make several decisions that had either affected them or the people around them. These major decisions can alter the characters’ lives positively or negatively. In Brutus’s case, his choices ended up affecting his life negatively. Brutus’s decision to join the conspirators resulted in the assassination of Caesar, a riot, and a suicide.

Cassius, As a young man he studied philosophy in Greece and was known for his opposition against despotism. Gaius Cassius, in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, reflects the hopes, fears and the expectations of the Ancient Greek Culture because he is easily threatened like the Greeks.

“And to speak truth of Caesar, I have not known when his affections swayed more than his reason. But ‘tis a common proof that lowliness is a young ambition’s  ladder, whereto the climber upward turns his face. But when he once attains the upmost round,he then unto the ladder turns his back, looks to the clouds, scorning the base degrees by which he did ascend.(II,i,19-27)” In this part of his soliloquy, Brutus is convincing himself that Caesar is going to climb the ladder of ambition and become a tyrant. He doesn't give valid facts to prove this, just the possibility. Brutus doesn't trust the leader of the conspiracy, Cassius, but joins him anyway. Even though he doesn't trust him, he let's himself be flattered and tricked by Cassius. Brutus says he trusts Caesar and that he is his friend. If that was true he wouldn't have to kill him. Also, Brutus says he will do anything for honor,  and the conspirators say that they are doing an honorable thing yet they hide in the shadows.