Compare And Contrast Julius Caesar And Brutus

Brutus & Julius Caesar The tragic hero archetype has been played with for as long as literature has been created, but no one had quite a spin on it like William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s tragic heroes were specifically designed to elicit pity and fear from the audience and to personally feel their downfall. In Julius Caesar, the protagonist Brutus is a well-made example. He practically follows all the requirements to the letter. However, the character of which the play is named after is often not considered as one as he doesn’t exhibit suffering and morality in a conventional way and does not experience his own catharsis.

William Shakespeare illustrates Brutus to have outstanding morals but also displays Brutus’s naive and over-trusting personality which becomes his tragic flaw. For example, when Brutus suffers from an internal conflict on deciding if Caesar should be emperor or not, Cassius takes advantage of his confusion and naïve personality to act as the “glass [that] will modestly discover [Brutus] ... / [t]hat ... [shows Brutus’s appearance] which … [he] yet know not of ” (1.2. 68-70) and then says, “‘Brutus,’ and ‘Caesar’: what should be in that ‘Caesar’? / Why should that name be sounded more than yours[, Brutus]” (1.2.142-43). From this conversation, Brutus is shown to allow his naïve and over-trusting personality overcome him. As a result, Brutus follows his close allies in the path considered to be the most noble. Moreover, this characteristic of Brutus makes him weak enough to eventually trust the conspirator, Cassius, to take down Caesar, his own brother. This eventually leads to Brutus’s downfall

Brutus in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar In 'Julius Caesar', Shakespeare intended us to see Brutus as 'noble'. I wish to review his actions, and the motivating factors behind those actions. I intend to prove that Brutus had a strong and well-grounded character. He had good intentions, however, he made one fatal mistake and that was his downfall. When learn that Brutus is dedicated to the public, when Brutus decides Caesar must die, because he fears his ambition, this comes as a big shock to the Shakespearian audience as well as the modern day audience.

In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Brutus was a villain. He was a man who loved Caesar and was a friend of Caesar’s throughout the play leading to his death. Throughout the play, Brutus fell for the manipulative ways of Cassius and the other conspirators. Brutus made several mistakes along with being a bad person in the play. He had several faults which involved him killing one of his closest friends one of the first acts of the play. There were some ways that Brutus is a good person, but those ways are hard to find over the bad choices he made over the course of the play.

In the play Julius Caesar, several people compete to be the leader of Rome. Cassius and other conspirators are jealous of Caesar, and they want to kill him for revenge. Brutus doesn’t want to be part of the conspiracy, but is tricked into becoming a head member, due to his strong leadership qualities of honor, trustworthiness, and patriotism. Brutus loves the republic, but is tricked into believing Caesar would hurt the republic. Brutus would be an effective leader because he exhibits honor, trustworthiness, and patriotism.

In Julius Caesar Brutus displays the traits of a tragic hero through out this play. His tragic flaw is his being too naive. He makes an error in judgment, and when this error occurred it causes his own downfall. But Brutus causes his own downfall when after killing Caesar all of Rome turns against the conspirators. And all these events cause his death. However, the factors that have made him a tragic hero are discussed below:

    Shakespeare’s tragedy, Julius Caesar, displays Brutus as a tragic hero, blinded loyalty and devotion. Brutus's heroic belief of honor and virtue was so powerful that it drove him to perform villainous actions and lead to his destruction.

Although they may not literally be the same person, Shakespeare’s Brutus is based off of the character traits and actions of the great Roman Senator. The literary Brutus follows all of his real life counterpart’s actions, and shares all of his character traits, although his story is more dramatized for the sake of the theater. This being said, Shakespeare never changed the core beliefs of Brutus when writing the character. Shakespeare took almost all of his inspiration for Brutus from Plutarch, a Greek biographer (Jones). Since this is true, it is logical to conclude that all of literary Brutus’s motives were the same as those of real life Brutus’s. Brutus just wanted to prevent Caesar from doing bad things; “[I] think him as a serpent's egg which, hatched, would, as his kind, grow mischievous, and kill him in the shell” (2.1.33-36). The real Marcus Brutus wrote letters to Cicero, in which he detailed his feelings about Caesar. Historians found that Marcus Brutus had rough, if not hostile, feelings towards the potential of Caesar ruling in tyranny. Brutus saw it as his job to preserve the Republic. To him, there was no worse crime than the censorship of free speech (Jones). Shakespeare was obviously a very smart man, and he did his research before he went to work on creating his characters; especially when they were based on historical figures as Brutus was. It is

In the drama Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the character Brutus is the head conspirator in a plot to kill Caesar, a Roman senator, deceives the public, then loses a major battle against the Triumvirate, which ends in his suicide. However, he can still be considered the hero of the Tragedy Julius Ceasar. Throughout the play, Brutus constantly believes that what he is doing is best for the Rome. Brutus is the hero because everything he does and all of the decisions he makes are made for the good of the people. All of the other main characters are motivated to do what they are doing for reasons like revenge, power, and personal reasons.

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marcus Brutus, a friend of Caesar’s and a Roman senator, joined a conspiracy against Caesar. He had a noble uprising and was respected by the citizens, but when he helped with the murder of Caesar, his whole character changed. Brutus was not a hero, or a villain. Brutus was the tragic hero in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.

Many people wonder whether Brutus should or should not join the conspiracy. In William Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar” play, Brutus is conflicted by joining the conspiracy, which helps Rome, but hurts his best friend Caesar in the process. Brutus did the right thing by joining the conspiracy for the better of Rome. He is able to use Logos, Ethos, and Pathos to justify the reasons for his actions against Caesar. Brutus’s main reason for killing Caesar is to stop him before he gets too powerful. As Brutus says in the story, “And therefore we think of him as a serpent’s egg which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, and kill him in the shell.” (II, i, 32-34). Not only does Brutus want to stop him before he gets to powerful, but he also

Most importantly, the idea of love shows up among the characters and events. When all the conspiracy bothered Brutus so badly, his wife, Portia noticed the problem and asked Brutus to tell her the reason why he acted that strangely. "Fearing to strengthen that impatience.... Make me aquatinted with your cause of grief" (2.1.248-256). By saying this, Portia simply wanted to reduce the stress Brutus had. However, Brutus did not tell the problem which bothered him immediately to her, instead he stated that all of these caused by the physical sicknesses he had. On the other hand, Portia, a wise woman, did not believe his words and argued with him. "Is Brutus sick? and is it physical.... I ought to know of: and, upon my knees.... Even from darkness"

Brutus a high-ranking, well-regarded Roman nobleman that killed Julius Caesar, went to the top of the ranks and was crowned king. Even though Brutus was able to become king, he was not going to get that title without killing Caesar. In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus agrees to kill Caesar and is one of the three murderers that stabbed Julius Caesar. In Act III scene i William Shakespeare writes “CASCA and the other conspirators stab CAESAR. BRUTUS stabs him last.” This is when Brutus’s fate begins because he starts listening to the wrong people such as, when Cassius uses his power and authority to convince Brutus that he loves Caesar but loves Rome more. This is quoted when Shakespeare writes in Act III scene ii, “ I say to him that my love for Caesar was no less than his. If, then, that friend demands to know why I rose up against Caesar, this is my answer: it’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” This shows Brutus’s major flaw and when he starts to believe things that other people tell him. Brutus shows that he is the Tragic Hero right when he agrees to kill Caesar because this is his tragic flaw that begins the downfall of himself.

Politics come with contrasting opinions. Many people can be for one thing and then for another, thus resulting in a split population. This split population can cause violence in a contrasting belief and uproar from the everyday people can occur. In the tragedy, Julius Caesar, and the real world, political opinions affect the strength of a relationship by completely destroying bonds between individuals.

A highly respected man, and admired by others that may of disliked him before it was Brutus’ end. “His life was gentle, and the elements/ So mixed in him that Nature might stand up/ And say to all the world, ‘This was a man!’” (5.5.73-75). Brutus is one with great leadership, and a loyal friend of Julius Caesar. He was easily convinced by Cassius and the conspirators that Julius Caesar was not fit for king of Rome. Before, Brutus was there and supported Caesar. Now, Cassius had talked to Brutus, and he changed his mind and thought it was best for Rome that Caesar was killed before he was crowned. Brutus then took control of the conspirators and became leader. Brutus made all the decisions with Cassius, then turned into Brutus making all the decisions by himself, regarding Cassius. Brutus’ decisions were not the best and that led him into his own death, when he ran himself into a sword. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by, William Shakespeare, Brutus is a man that contains great leadership skills, and does what is right; but farther in, his decisions lead to a downfall of taking Cassius out of his place when he was a good leader already, and as well as killing himself.