The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar

Brutus is an intelligent man, but this intelligence can often get the best of him. Instead of thinking practically, he chooses to follow big plans and dreams that are not capable of becoming a reality in everyday life. (Adams). His impractical thinking is a result of his desire for life in Rome to reach perfection, all thanks to him. An example of this is when he allowed for Antony to live, and then go as far as to let him speak at Caesar’s funeral. In Brutus’ mind, Antony would just accept what happened and not retaliate at all. This was not the case, however, and Brutus’ dependency on everything working out perfectly caused him to take decisions like this lightly, which was a detrimental

In Brutus’s speech he talked about how he loved Rome more than Caesar. Brutus was very gullible, stoic, and also easily persuaded. Throughout his speech he uses fallacies. One example of a fallacy he uses is the either/or. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men“ (III, i, 22-24). This makes the Roman people believe that either they going to be slaves or free men. One other thing Brutus uses are logos and ethos. He says, “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him” (III, i, 24-27). In that quote he tries to

The play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, entails the rise and fall of Julius Caesar and Brutus, the man plotting against him. At the opening of the play Julius is being celebrated for his victory over Pompey. Later, he is offered kingship; but Caesar refuses the crown. On the ides of March Brutus and some other men come before Caesar to plead a case; except, their only motive is to kill Caesar. Antony, Caesar’s right hand man, pretends to side with the conspirators after Caesar is killed, while he gathers an army to defeat Brutus. Antony and Octavius’ army defeats Brutus’ troops; forcing Brutus and many others to commit suicide. The tragic character, Brutus, is usually the protagonist that has a tragic flaw and this causes his defeat. A tragic flaw is the cause of their downfall, usually an action or belief. Brutus’ tragic flaws are his nobility, trust and the inability to wrong people. Brutus is the tragic character in Julius Caesar because of his nobility and because he does all his deeds for the good of Rome.

    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,

Once Cassius gets what he wants, Brutus to be on his side, they and some others begin to plan how they will get to Caesar and kill him. Then when Brutus agrees to join the conspiracy to annihilate Caesar, it is the beginning of him becoming the villain. He is still the hero though; he only joined the conspiracy for the good of Rome. "This was the noblest Roman of them all. / All the conspirators save only he / Did that they did in envy of great Caesar. / He only in a general honest thought / And common good to all, made one of them" (V.v.68-72). This quote is said by Antony at the end of the play. In that scene, he and Caesar's adopted son, Octavius have seen Brutus's dead body. They have seen the good in Brutus and have noticed that he has acted out of his love for Rome." ...not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (III.ii.21). That was part of the speech Brutus gave to the citizens after he and the other conspirators killed Caesar. This was the last act Brutus did before he started becoming more of a villain. This quote and the quote Antony says at the end of the play are the same. They both are saying how Brutus didn't really want to kill Caesar. He just felt like he had no choice, he saw that what Caesar was doing was changing Rome.

With that being said the attributes that make Brutus the person he is, is him being extremely patriotic and liberty loving, his severe idealism, and he is honorable. To start off, Brutus in the eye of society is known as being very patriotic and liberty loving. The main example of this is his decision to murder Julius Caesar. Brutus was given the option to as some would

All of these elements are characteristics of a tragic hero, which qualifies Marcus Brutus as the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. A tragic hero is a good or even great man and thus wins our sympathy causing catharsis. A tragic hero displays hamartia— the hero makes a mistake causing the downfall in his fortune. A tragic hero usually brings suffering and death to other characters, even a whole country. Finally, a tragic hero goes into a situation in which there is no getting out of because of the decision he has made. Marcus Brutus has all these qualities and more thus concluding that he is the tragic here in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius

Antony was able to point out the flaws and redundancies of Brutus’ speech which ultimately leads of Brutus’ downfall as he loses the respect of those who he cared about most, the Roman people.

The play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, has two main tragic heroes. Set in Rome and spanning from forty- four to forty-two B.C., the play tells of Brutus and Caesar whom both fall from the highest positions to the lowest of misfortune and then are enlightened on their mistakes. Brutus is the stronger example of a tragic hero in this story. Throughout this play, Brutus commits many faults, falls more drastically than all other characters, and regrets his previous actions by the end of the play.

Brutus’ first flaw is that he is too trusting. He cares too much about helping others, and trusts them entirely. At Caesar’s funeral, Brutus allows Antony to speak once the conspirators leave. He believes that Antony has the right to speak at his friend’s funeral, and trusts that Antony’s speech will not poorly affect the conspirators (3.1.263-270). Brutus also holds trust in the members of the conspiracy. He believes that they are acting out of nobility, but instead they are acting out of jealousy (4.3.9-12). Brutus holds too much trust in the people around him, and that undying trust leads to his downfall.

Brutus develops his character by his conflicts. For instance, “No my Brutus. You have some sick offense within your mind” (Shakespeare 65). This shows that Brutus

Brutus recognizes his flaw when every goal he aims for becomes impossible to reach. He first realizes that he is flawed and all of his plans are failing when his best friend, Cassius, commits suicide. He exclaims, “Oh Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!” (V. iii. 95) When he says this, he realizes it was wrong and naïve of him to join the conspiracy. Brutus shortly after redeems himself when he runs into his sword. The sword he runs into is the same sword that killed Caesar previously. Antony later further redeems Brutus when Antony calls Brutus the noblest Roman. To sum up, Brutus recognizes his flaw when his plans fail and is redeemed through Antony and

Brutus still believes that he killed Caesar for his country and says “who here is so vile, that will not love his country.” However, Antony gains favor because hs shows that Brutus is not as honest as he seems. He says “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill; Did this in Caesar seem ambitious” which disproves some of Brutus’s main points. Brutus has been saying that Caesar was ambitious, but Antony proves that he is not. This causes Brutus to be seen with more suspicion.

After Caesars death, Brutus is struck with the guilt of killing his best friend leaving the audience to give him empathy. Brutus' biggest tragic mistake was that he trusted a little amount of people very much. Though Caesar was his friend, he honestly believed that he needs to kill him to save the Rome from dictatorial people. Brutus also believes in Antony but, Antony doesn’t keep up the trust with Brutus. Antony was the start of the trouble Brutus was having. Brutus also trusts Cassius because when Brutus is asked to join the conspiracy Brutus joins to get closer to

Brutus made an overwhelming amount of decisions based on the good of Rome, not contemplating how it could affect or hurt himself or those around him. One example of this is after Brutus and the conspirators killed Brutus he gave a speech. In this speech he said, “If then that friend demand why/ Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not/ that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” (3.2.20-22). This quote is saying that the reason Brutus killed Caesar was not because he disliked him, but because he thought it was for the good of Rome. Brutus made this decision solely based on patriotism. He never thought about the effects or consequences it