Marcus Brutus is a tragic hero because he drives the story and plot with his decision making. This trait makes him the protagonist. His first story changing decision is to join Cassius and the conspirators leading to the assassination of Caesar. He also let Antony speak at Caesar's funeral which Cassius said not to, which led to a Roman mob against all of the conspirators.
Then lastly led to the civil war where Brutus made the decision to go from a strong defensive position to a weak offensive position that ultimately led to the conspirators defeat and shortly after, Brutus' suicide.
Brutus joins Cassius and the conspirators in the murder plot of Julius Caesar. Brutus does eventually help murder Caesar but he honestly thought it was for the good of his
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Even tough Brutus murders Caesar it is arguable that he is not even a real murderer considering that Brutus said, "Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius, to cut the head off then hack the limbs, Like wrath in death and envy afterwards; for Antony is but a limb of Caesar" (2.1.162-164). When all other conspirators wanted to murder Antony too, because they thought he would harm them all if he finds out and outlives Caesar, Brutus did not.
Brutus makes Rome mob against all of the conspirators. He does this by letting Antony speak at Caesars funeral. Cassius warns Brutus that Antony is a powerful and moving speaker by saying, "you know not what you do; do not consent that Antony speak in his funeral. Know you how much the people may be moved by that which he will utter?" (3.1.233-237). Not acknowledging anything Cassius was explaining to Brutus, he moves through with letting Antony speak and eventually letting Antony pump up the crowd and turning the mob against the conspirators. Antony leads the mob to rising against the conspirators discreetly by calling
Antony- Caesar's biggest follower. After Caesar's death; Antony claims to be join the conspiracy in order to save his life and say his speech about Caesar to the crowd. After Brutus leaves, Antony persuades the crowd that the conspiracy killed Caesar out of hate and not for Rome. Antony makes the crowd go on a rampage. Later Antony meets up with Caesar's adopted son Octavius and kills the conspiracy.
In 1599 Shakespeare wrote the play Julius Caesar. The main character of the play Brutus as he represents a tragic hero. being a tragic hero means. He is above us but human And he falls from a high place, He struggles against his own fate, he is guilty of a fatal flaw (honor), he has an epiphany, and by the end of the play, he is dead
By making the Romans think about this topic, Brutus gains support and the audience feels like the death of Caesar is justified.
Antony gave the most effective funeral speech to thoroughly convince the Roman people to side with him and rebel against the conspirators. In order to accomplish this, Antony uses the persuasive techniques logos, ethos, and pathos.
Shakespeare’s complex play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar contains several tragic heroes; a tragic hero holds high political or social esteem yet possesses an obvious character flaw. This discernible hubris undoubtedly causes the character’s demise or a severe forfeiture, which forces the character to undergo an unfeigned moment of enlightenment and shear reconciliation. Brutus, one of these tragic heroes, is a devout friend of the great Julius Caesar, that is, until he makes many execrable decisions he will soon regret; he becomes involved in a plot to kill the omniscient ruler of Rome during 44 B.C. After committing the crime, Mark Antony, an avid, passionate follower of Caesar, is left alive under Brutus’s orders to take his revenge on
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, an honorable man, Brutus, is planning to overthrow the soon to be king, Julius Caesar. Brutus is persuaded by Cassius that Caesar is a liar, too ambitious, weak, and not fit to be Rome’s king. Brutus soon believed Cassius, and they and the conspirators made a plan to kill Caesar. After Caesar’s death, Brutus planned to justify his actions of killing Caesar at his funeral in his speech to the people. After Brutus’s speech, the citizens of Rome were all in agreement that Brutus did the right thing for Rome. Brutus then decides to allow Caesar’s best friend, Antony, to speak in honor of Caesar. Antony speaks, and he convinces the citizens that Brutus’s actions were unjust and turned the people against Brutus.
The main reason that Marcus Brutus deserves the title of tragic hero is his noble personality. First of all, throughout the play, he never deceives anyone. Although he did murder Julius Caesar, it was for the good of Rome, not to deceive Caesar. Everything that he did was for the benefit of someone else. He cared more about others than he did himself. For instance, in the process of killing Caesar, he could have easily backed out because he knew he might have been punished, but he knew in the long run, that it would help the plebeians most. Even though he killed Antony's best friend Antony still recognized Brutus as “the noblest Roman of all.” Because he recognized that Brutus was the only conspirator that actually killed Caesar because he "loved Caesar less
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Marcus Brutus is proven to be the most noble tragic hero there is. A tragic hero is someone who is born of noble birth and who suffers a catastrophe, which definitely defines Brutus. “Caesar you can rest now. I didn’t kill you half as willingly” (Shakespeare 5.5.56-57) is one of the most important quotes said by Brutus to end the tragedy of the play.
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
Another example of Brutus as the tragic hero is his naivety. He foolishly allows his enemy to speak at Caesar’s funeral. After Caesar’s death the funeral is planned for all of Rome to attend. Brutus allows Mark Antony, Caesar’s right hand man, to speak at the funeral. This allows Mark Antony to turn the crowd against Brutus. Mark Antony makes Brutus look like the bad guy by saying:
The main reason that Marcus Brutus deserves the title of tragic hero is his noble personality. First of all, throughout the play, he never deceives anyone. Although he did murder Julius Caesar, it was for the good of Rome, not to deceive Caesar. Everything that he did was for the benefit of someone else. Even though he killed Antony's best friend, Antony still recognized Brutus as "the noblest Roman of them all." He does this in Act 5, Scene 5, after Brutus' death because Brutus the only conspirator that actually killed Caesar because he "loved Caesar less but loved Rome more." He cared more about others than he did himself. For instance, in the process of killing Caesar, he could have easily backed out because he knew he might have been punished, but he knew in the long run, that it would help the plebeians most. Another example of his selflessness is in Act 2, Scene 1. Brutus decides not to tell Portia his plans for the murder of Caesar. He feels she already has enough stress in her life and does not need to worry or deal with his plans.
Mark Antony, speaking at Julius Caesar's funeral, attempts to undermine the conspirators that killed Caesar and convince the belligerent crowd of Caesar's innocence. Antony appeals to the Roman citizens' senses of ethos, pathos, and logos to disprove Brutus', Cassius' and the other killers' innocence. Antony fights to secure justice for Caesar as he condemns the conspirators to the consequences of the crowd's newfound anger.
With the lingering idea of Julius Caesar’s rise to dictatorial power, many of the Roman politicians are beginning to become anxious, since an emperor of Rome would mean an end to the Roman republic and their own power. In spite of this, many of them seek to end his life and want Brutus to join in on the conspiracy. Brutus agrees to join the conspiracy but only because it helps the Roman people. “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. (3.2.21)” In Brutus’ speech he justifies that his morals of putting the Roman people first were always true, and that the stabbing of Caesar was necessary in upholding those morals. We are shown that even
Brutus was one of Caesar's friends and he still killed him for the people. Brutus will be missed. A tragic hero has three traditional elements: that he or she is a person, usually of noble birth, who suffers a catastrophe and who has a tragic flaw. But first Marcus Brutus ancestor is Junius Brutus. Junius overthrew the tyrannical kings in Rome and established the
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.