Brutus: The Protagonist In The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar

Furthermore, the climax in Brutus’s journey as a tragic hero is when he ultimately realizes his mistakes and takes full responsibility for them. When the ghost of Caesar appears to

In William Shakespeare's classic tragedy “Julius Caesar” the characters are all positioned on a path that leads them to a terrible and disastrous end. Some destroy themselves for the greater good of Rome or just because of their own selfish greed for power. Some characters proceed to destroy others in hopes of protecting the greater good, but lose those closest to them. Cassius leads a dark conspiracy and kills Julius Caesar, but later kills himself. Marc Antony and Octavius track down and kill the assassins that killed Caesar, but lose those they care about most along the way. A true hero will rise to adversity and meet a situation head on to conquer the problem or his foes; however, a tragic hero may do just the opposite. A tragic

Brutus is one of the most complex characters of Julius Caesar. His reputation is that he is honorable and noble, a powerful and enigmatic public figure, and a good friend to Caesar. He also seems to have strict beliefs that influence his desire to protect the people and city of Rome, but he appears almost hypocritical when he plots to commit murder against his so-called friend. The question here lies, did Brutus have an ulterior motive behind this killing? Did he kill for Rome, or for himself?

In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus joins the conspirators and kills Julius Caesar, a potential threat to the Roman Republic. Although the other members of the conspiracy are villains for murdering Caesar, Brutus is a tragic hero. Marcus Brutus is a hero because he wants the best for Rome and he is a noble man, but his heroism is tragic because of his fatal flaw. To begin with, Brutus assassinates Julius Caesar in order to protect the people of Rome.

Brutus, the Not so Noble Roman Marcus Brutus, a high ranked and well regarded noble in Rome, participates as a conspirator to assassinate Caesar to prevent Rome from falling into a dictatorship. In result, some conspirators destroy themselves to protect Rome, while others destroy themselves for their own selfish need for power. Marcus Brutus is a noble Roman, but many of his judgments led to his, and other conspirator’s downfall making him the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Brutus is a man who is admired, has good intentions and wants what is best for Rome and its citizens, but his poor decisions lead to his and other conspirator’s downfall.

What defines a tragedy? In the words of author Amos Oz, “a tragedy is a clash between right and right.” One can imply from this quote that the hero of a tragedy must face the ultimate decision of choosing between two morally conflicting options. In addition, Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero includes that they must make an irreversible mistake caused by their fatal flaw, whether it be hubris like Oedipus of Sophocles’ tragic Greek play Oedipus Rex or other qualities. By analyzing William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, one can see that noble Marcus Brutus faces the struggle of deciding between two choices that are both arguably correct with a regretful, irrevocable resolution influenced by his flawed loyalty, thus it can be concluded that he is the

A leader should be loyal to you. A leader should be interested in their peoples’ thoughts. A leader should love their city, their country. They should love and care for each and everyone of their citizens no matter the differences between each other. One such leader is Brutus in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a great description of a leader Rome should want to have. While there are tragic falls and great rises in this story, and well, how it keeps you on the edge of your seat trying to read and figure out what goes on there are leaders which should be known such as Brutus. Brutus is a great leader with many great leading abilities. He is a noble, honest, and very persuasive. He conveys strength and leads by example. In the play Cassius

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Brutus is the quintessence of a tragic hero. Webster’s Dictionary defines tragic hero as “Any person, especially a man, admired for courage, nobility etc. … in a serious play with an unhappy ending” (277-626). This verbatim definition, however, is useless in an analytical essay. The idea of a tragic hero comes from Aristotle, who thought a tragic hero involved a character of high standing suffering a downfall caused by one or two character flaws. In this story Brutus is a trusted friend of Caesar, but from a series of poor choices he betrays that trust by assisting in Caesar’s assassination, even delivering the death blow. Brutus realizes the error

Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar died, Brutus was a coward and killed himself, Caesar was murdered for thinking too highly of himself. Well Brutus died because he didn't want to be captured. So he killed himself he knew he couldn't win the battle against Antony and Octavius, because he lost most of his and Cassius's armies while Antony and Octavius still had their armies. While Caesar was killed for thinking too highly of himself and for being ambitious. Although both Brutus and Caesar died but Caesar was the true tragic hero, he was noble because everything he did was for Rome, a flaw of his is that he was too full of himself and he was wrongfully killed for thinking highly of himself.

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In the play Julius Caesar, the tragedy of the play was directed mainly at one specific character, Marcus Brutus. Brutus was the tragic hero of the play, because of his idealistic and pragmatic qualities. The mindset that Brutus possessed only allowed him to see the world and its people from one point of view. This point of view allowed him to make judgments that assumed only the best of people. This tragic weakness resulted in many errors throughout the play. The major incidences such as decisions made during the orchard soliloquy, the discussion with Cassius and the conspirators regarding decisions about Antony and the oath, his speech to the commoners after Caesar's

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare follows the assassination of Julius Caesar by the people closest to him and the chaos-filled days that follow. After great internal struggle, the noble Marcus Brutus assassinates his best friend Julius Caesar with the help of other conspirators, and Mark Antony swears his revenge. Throughout the play a few characters are presented as possible tragic heroes. But being a tragic hero requires more than just having a flaw, he or she must be prominent in society, have a hamartia that leads to their downfall, recognize their actions and then resolve them. Marcus Brutus fulfills these requirements. Brutus, being a senator and born of a noble family, has a prominent place in society. He also has the fatal flaw of idealism that leads to his downfall. In the end he realizes his mistakes and resolves it. Marcus Brutus is the tragic hero in Julius Caesar.

In literature, an author communicates to his audience through the tone in his or her writing. Based on how he or she describes a character, the reader can deduce whether the what kind of person a character is. In “Julius Caesar,” Marcus Brutus is a member of the conspiracy that murders Caesar as a preemptive action, loses in the war against Antony and Octavius that follows, and ends up killing himself. While the events that take place in the play alone illustrate Brutus as a murderer and a failure, the way Shakespeare speaks about him through his characters show that Brutus is moral and respected protagonist. It is clear that Shakespeare thinks highly of Brutus through the scene when Cassius is trying to get Brutus to join the conspiracy, and how he reflects on Brutus through Octavius and Antony after Brutus’s death.

First and foremost Brutus is the Tragic Hero of the play as has been said. Now with the

A protagonist is also often the character around whom the action of the play revolves. By this test, Portia is also the protagonist, as without her, very little in the play would have remained the same. Had Bassanio not been in love with Portia, he never would have asked Antonio for the money to woo her and Antonio would not have entered into the bond with Shylock. Similarly, had the laws in the Court of Justice been interpreted by any other lawyer, it I likely that Antonio would have lost his life.