Julius Caesar Character Analysis

In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, he weaves the personalities and flaws of different characters in order to portray a historical tragedy revolving around the downfall of Julius Caesar. The characters are intricate, and they each embody different values that contribute to the eventful details within the play. The main hero of the play is Julius Caesar who falls victim to the betrayal of his royal acquaintances due to his tragic flaw of being an ambitious leader. However, another significant character within the play is Brutus, a tragic hero who falls prey to his nobility. Due to Brutus’s strong desire to be loyal and noble in order to provide for the betterment of Rome, it disrupts his sense of judgement and ultimately

In the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses Characterization and miscalculation to prove show the depth of his character Brutus. He also displays many well thought-out themes in his play. An example would be ambition and conflict. Caesar is a great man, and an ambitious man. His ambition is what worries Brutus, and ultimately leads to Brutus joining the conspiracy to murder Caesar. Throughout the play, Shakespeare shows that Brutus is becoming every aspect that he feared to see in Caesar. During the play Brutus remains pure which is surprising considering that he was tricked to kill his friend and mentor Caesar.

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.

Brutus is an important character in the play ‘Julius Caesar’ as he is portrayed as a tragic hero where he possessed heroic traits such as being noble and honourable that earn the sympathy of the audience. However, he also has flaws and made many mistakes and hamartias that ultimately lead to his downfall.

    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.

As the play opens, Brutus is known as a Roman nobleman and a member of one of the most illustrious families in Rome. He is first seen in Act I, scene ii, as one of Caesar’s “close friends” who is part of his entourage. But while alone with Cassius he is persuaded into taking a part in the assassination of Caesar. He is weary at first, and it seems as though it took Cassius some time to talk him into agreeing, yet Brutus looked at Caesar as some type of threat as well.

Brutus is one of the more complex character in Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Shakespeare added a lot of complexity to Brutus through dialogue, monologue, and soliloquy. Shakespeare created opposing desires in Brutus and created both hesitation and doubt. His major back-and-forth conflict is him trying to give himself an honorable reason for killing Caesar. He is manipulated by Cassius and the other conspirators into assassinating Caesar, a life-long friend of Brutus. “The ultimate factor in persuading Brutus to join the conspiracy is his belief, a belief based on the the letters cast in at his window or conspicuously left for him in public places” (Shalvi 71). When Caesar was attacked by the conspirators, it had been Brutus’ blade and betrayal that had finally killed him. During the beginning and the end of the play, Brutus struggled to accept that killing Caesar was not what he wanted to do. In his head, Brutus is content that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome. In a speech to Romans after Caesar’s death he says, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but

In the beginning of the play, we meet Brutus, a highly respected, much loved, senator of Rome. He loved Rome as a republic and he has a good life until he is led astray by Cassius. When he becomes embroiled in the assassination of Caesar, he is very reluctant to do so. In the way he acted, you could tell he has sleepless nights over what he should do. He decided to kill Caesar for

In the play of Julius Caesar Brutus is the most sympathetic character because he murders Caesar for the good of Rome. Brutus is persuaded by Cassius to kill Caesar and Brutus was a noble Roman. In the final scene Mark antony describes Brutus as the noblest Roman of them all, for this he is the only conspirator who acted for the good of Rome. Brutus think if he kill Caesar Rome will be safe, he did not kill caesar because of ambition he murder Caesar of loyalty to Rome.

Brutus in the play "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare is a very complex and very important character in the play. He is considered a very noble person and he has a very high reputation. Even though Caesar and Brutus are close friends, Brutus will do anything for Rome. This leads to Brutus killing his best friend so he could help Rome.

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 play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus was one of the tragic hero's of the play. The play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is about Julius Caesar trying to become leader of Rome after defeating Pompey. Many people in Rome do not want Caesar to become the dictator of Rome because they fear he will abuse his power, so Brutus and Cassius assassinate him at the senate. A funeral is held for Caesar and when Mark Antony spoke at the funeral the crowd began rioting.

Brutus was a man of noble birth. He had multiple servants and was often referred to as “Lord”. In Rome he was highly thought of which indicated a certain level of respect towards him. Brutus demonstrates the qualities of a tragic hero in order to be classifed as one that Aristotle once wrote. In the play Brutus is Caesar's best friend and someone he could trust. Caesar was at the tip of the iceberg to being crowned king of Rome. Cassius and the other senators did not want Caesar to be king since Rome was a republic governed by senators. They feared that if Caesar would be king they would no longer have power. Including Rome would become a dictatorship and they didn’t want this. Cassius and the other senators enved

Brutus and Cassius are two very important people in this play but they very different people. Brutus on one hand is very loyal and believes strongly in his Government. Brutus always liked Caesar very much as a friend. But Brutus fears that if Caesar gets the crown that he will be a dictator to Rome. Cassius on the other hand is a person that lacks integrity.

Although the play Julius Caesar is about the character Julius Caesar, his reign and the conspiracy that led to his assassination, one cannot dispute the fact that there is more importance placed on the character, Brutus. Brutus is Caesar’s best friend and is well-regarded and honored by the people of Rome because of his impeccable character. Almost always he is proud of his reputation for being honorable and noble but is frequently blinded because of how naïve he is. As part of his weakness, Brutus is incapable of seeing that he is being played by Cassius and the other betrayers. Nonetheless, Brutus is the real tragic hero in the play Julius Caesar, because not only did he think he was doing what was right for Rome he was tricked into believing it was for the right reasons.