How Is Brutus A Tragic Hero

    Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar is a tragic play, where the renowned Julius Caesar is on the brink of achieving total control and power by becoming emperor of the Roman Empire. Ironically enough, when he thinks he is one step away from pulling it off, his "friends" (most from the senate) decide to overthrow him, with Caesar's most trusted friend, Marcus Brutus, acting as leader of the conspirators. Though the fall of Caesar from the most powerful man in the world to a man who's been betrayed and stabbed 30 times is a great downfall, he is not the tragic hero. Shakespeare's main focus is Marcus Brutus, a noble man who brings upon himself a great misfortune by his own actions,

He states that Brutus is just as noble and worthy as Caesar. (Act 1, scene ii). He says that Brutus cannot see what everyone else does and recognize his worthiness. Cassius and the other senators do not want Caesar to be king because they would lose all their power. Cassius is slowly luring Brutus in to do his dirty work. He builds Brutus’s confidence up to make him thing that killing Caesar is the right thing to do. Cassius is basically playing with Brutus’s head because he knows Brutus will listen. So, Brutus joins the conspirators in killing Caesar. Cassius tells Brutus that it is for the good of Rome, and that he is saving them from a dictatorship. Cassius is going for Brutus’s weakest point, his care and concern for Rome. He knows that if Brutus believes the people distrust Caesar, then he will be convinced that Caesar must be thwarted. Brutus knew that if Caesar was crowned, he would never have a chance, and he was power hungry. This is what ultimately leads to the tragedy of Julius Caesar. After Brutus kills Caesar off, he starts to feel guilty for killing his friend, thus creating an internal conflict. Brutus was so confident that the plan would go exactly as planned that he fell apart when they encountered problems. If Brutus and the other conspirators had taken more time to think things through, they probably would have been more prepared for the situation that was handed to them.

Brutus is a tragic hero because he is well-respected in Roman society. This is displayed when Cassius, Casca and Cinna are speaking about the conspiracy after the marathon on the feast of

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.

Furthermore, Cassius continues on playing into Brutus ego and feeding it more negative feelings and then points out the fact that he will make his father proud if he does something to help Rome take Caesar down from power, saying how his name Brutus is no less nor worse than the name of Caesar, to which Brutus replies to Cassius that he has made valid point, and at this point is where we get to observe how Brutus is being coerced by Cassius convincing Brutus to think about it, and he will consider his words, but he finishes that conversation with these words talking in the third person “Brutus will prefer to be a villager than to repute himself as son of Rome under this hard conditions that this times has led to us”, for what Cassius was proud that his words has made an impact to Brutus so he can be part of his conspiracy. Cassius continuous questioning of how unfair and unsafe it is that one person should tower over so many others. Brutus ends the conversation by saying that he is willing to consider Cassius ' words.

Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare presents Marcus Brutus as a honorable tragic hero. A tragic hero is literary figure or character that possesses a flaw that leads to their defeat. The flaw is usually an error in judgment. Brutus’ tragic flaw is his love for Rome. His love for Rome causes him to kill his friend Julius Caesar and ultimately himself.

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, is set in Rome in the year 44 B.C. Julius Caesar is very popular among Romans, and is going to become dictator soon. Caesar’s best friend, Marcus Brutus, is very popular and everyone respects him. Brutus is a senator, and he comes from a long line of nobles in Rome. He is very naïve, and that often leads to him misreading human characters and critical situations. Brutus is later evicted from Rome, which is his most important ideal. Marcus Brutus is a tragic hero because he is prominent, has a fatal flaw, and experiences a downfall.

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

Brutus, a noble and well-respected man, is easily said to be the savior of Rome. He fits all 5 of the tragic hero characteristics: great man, tragic flaw, punishment, suffering, and catharsis. He killed Caesar for the better and in the end lost his own life. Marcus Brutus, Caesar’s best friend, in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, defines a tragic hero because of his positive attributes, flaws, and his role in the play.

Brutus is considered the tragic hero of the story because of the reasoning of acting or having high/ noble stature because he is friends with the ruler of Rome and some of the senators. Brutus was also born into a noble family making his stature even better. Brutus in the beginning of the story was at war with himself during the time Antony was offering a coronet to Caesar to show

Although Caesar primarily rules over the play, it is only fair to mention Brutus as the tragic hero. If taken at face value it is easy to say that Caesar is the one that faces many adversities, but digging a little deeper it is evident that Brutus is an honorable man that makes just one too many mistakes (Doyle 272). With a tragic hero being just that, a good person failing to see his or her own faults. Brutus is naive, and this is definitely one of his tragic flaws.

In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, we read about a bunch of conspirators who kill a man who they believe to have too much power. One of these conspirators is a man named Brutus. After the killing, they flee their home city of Rome to escape being murdered by the people. While they are away though, Brutus starts to realize that he is the only one who did it for the good of Rome, and the others just did it out of greed. This starts to make Brutus look like the tragic hero, or the person who does something for the greater good, but is looked down upon for it. Brutus reflects this quality a lot in the ending.

Aristotle once said “ A man doesn’t become a hero until he can see the root of his own downfall.” The play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare is a tragedy. In this play we see a character that is faced with the difficult choice of betraying, and killing a friend for the greater of Rome. This was a very difficult decision that Brutus had to make, one which was influenced by his friend/brother in law Cassius. In the end, it is apparent that Brutus made the wrong decision and suffered more than he deserved. It is clear that Brutus fits Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero.

Brutus’ nobleness always came from good intentions even if they came out to be bad. “For Antony is but a limb of Caesar. Let’s be sacrificers, but not butchers.” (1. 2. 59-62). In this quotation Cassius is saying to Brutus that he has heard many romans speak good of him, Cassius is also saying that he overheard Romans saying that they wish Brutus could be in charge all the time. The reasoning behind their thinking, is because they think that Brutus can do something about the government to make it better. For Brutus is so noble this reveals that the people of Rome respect and honor Brutus, and want more of him. The people of Rome also think better of him than they do Caesar. The quote is led by the downfall of what Brutus had in mind for the killing of Caesar as a sacrificial and noble act, instead of brutally murdering him. “You shall not