Who Is The Protagonist In Julius Caesar

The driving forces in the play Julius Caesar are the characters Marcus Brutus, Julius Caesar, and Marc Antony. Julius Caesar is the center of the ordeal of leadership in Rome when the play begins. When Caesar returns to Rome he is looked upon by the fickle plebeians as a glorious and triumphant hero. The authority of his heroism is questioned when the honorable Marcus Brutus speaks to the townspeople during Caesar’s funeral. Brutus proves to be the better leader for Rome rather than Caesar or Antony. Brutus is wiser and more honorable than the other Romans. He was the only one truly looking out for the good of Rome and not himself.

    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,

Who was Julius Caesar? Julius Caesar accomplished many things in his day, which most would consider unbelievable. He has been considered a tyrant or dictator, and some believe he was one of the world’s greatest politician. In this paper we will compare the textbook and documentation that was written around 44 B.C.E the time of his death. The documents are considered to be “primary sources”, because of the timeframe in which they were written. To get a grasp on whom, Julius Caesar really was, we need to not only dive into the primary sources, but we need to view his accomplishments. By analyzing his accomplishments, textbook, and the primary sources we can better understand just how Julius Caesar was portrayed during his reign.

Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, tells a story about who Julius Caesar was and how he came to die. It introduced the characters Cassius and Brutus, who were the reasons Caesar died. Brutus was a senator of Rome and was a very close friend to Julius Caesar and loved him but as he said in the book (Act 3 scene 2 page 127) “The reason I killed Caesar was not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more” This part of the speech was to prove that this is what caused him to kill Caesar. It also introduced a character named Marc Antony. He was a man who loved Caesar a lot and planned to kill and turn the country against Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators for killing Caesar.

Julius Caesar is the tragic hero because of his noble stature. The noble stature of Caesar is made evident through his position in society and his outstanding qualities. Caesars position in Rome was that of a dictator. At the start of the play Brutus enlightens the reader that “.... the people/ choose Caesar for their king” (1.ii.77-78). When Brutus says “king” he is actually informing the audience the Caesar has been made dictator of Rome for life. At this time in Rome, the Roman society took pride in being republic. Therefore, electing Caesar as a dictator was a monumental event. A dictator was the most powerful position in Roman society. Indeed as a stated in Encyclopedia Britannica a dictator was a “a temporary magistrate with extraordinary powers” (dictator). Furthermore, as opposed to the usual six month term Caesar was appointed a life long term (dictator). With this in mind one could say the Caesar was the most

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar can be interpreted in multiple ways when it comes to who the characters are and if the name holds true. An immense amount of people would say that the conspirators are the antagonists while Mark Antony is the protagonist. Others may say it was only Cassius who was the antagonist. Many readers believe that the name of the play is completely wrong and William Shakespeare messed up. There are numerous amounts of evidence for each concept. As it does for many, my idea of who was who in the play varied as I continued to read on. Opinions may differ, but I believe the protagonist is Brutus while the antagonist is Mark Antony and the name holds true to the play.

Julius caesar, the tragic hero Julius Caesar accomplished a lot in his life, thus being cut short due to his tragic death. Julius caesar was born in 100 bc and assassinated in 44 bc. One of Julius Caesar's greatest accomplishments was his conquest of Gaul. He also put forth effort to help reform the financial problems in Rome and relieve the poor. He was known as one of the greatest military commanders and the most powerful person in Rome at the time. Julius Caesar was a tragic hero; he discovered his fate by his own actions, his excessive pride caused a reversal brought on by hisown actions and error in judgement, though, with that said his story still arouses fear and empathy.When Julius Caesar conquered Gaul his power amplified immensely, but it didn't last long. “Pompey was now the sole military and political power

The protagonist in this play is Julius Caesar. He is the Protagonist for many reasons. One is that the main plot if the play is to kill Caesar for being a bad ruler against Rome. The consipators were making plans to kill Caesar. There are many warnings in the story that Caesar is going to die, but he ingores all of them because the consipators tell him not to.If he wasn’t the Protagonist then there would be no need to have him in the play for most of them time. Even after his death Caesar still makes many appernices in the book and that makes the other charcters die. Protagonist is the main charcter in a story and that is what caesar is. It is clear that no one else is the Protagonist except for Casear. Caesear lives on in the

William Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar around 1599. The role of the `tragic hero' is extremely important as many of the characters in Julius Caesar exemplify the `tragic hero' qualities. Marcus Brutus, and Julius Caesar, display all the qualities of the `tragic hero': they are great men, with character flaws, and as a result of a mistake in decision-making many people suffer. In Cassius one can see these same qualities. Cassius can be seen as another tragic hero in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

Heroes. Every kid looks up to his favorite hero. Whether a superhero in a comic book, an athlete, or just somebody he idolizes for courageous acts, superheroes can save the day. However, on the contrary, a tragic hero is a character who starts with power, respect, and happiness but due to a tragic flaw leads to his downfall. In the story of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, one of the most powerful men in Roman history gets assassinated, which eventually leads to a bloody civil war. Julius Caesar is the tragic hero of this play because he starts with power, has a tragic flaw of being to arrogant, which leads to his assassination.

In this play and in history, Caesar is a strong and powerful leader. Another thing that is portrayed well was the fact that everyone loved him and chanted his name in the streets. Because of his great victories. This play is also historically correct following the historical timeline pretty well. There were a couple parts that were inaccurate. Caesar being offered the crown was partially accurate, in the play he is offered the crown three times. Historically what actually happened “Antony offered Caesar a diadem, which was the symbol of the Hellenistic monarchs, but Caesar refused, saying “the only King of the Romans is Jupiter.”. In the play Caesar has only 8 conspirators, but in real life it was recorded as over 60. When caesar was stabbed in the play it was recorded as thirty three times rather than the twenty three times that was recorded historically. Finally his death, in the play caesar sees brutus and makes no other movements, but historically it is said that he pulls his toga over his head so that no one could see his face because he still wanted to save some dignity. Also the apparent last words as brutus approached him with a dagger “Et tu Brute” which is translated “you too my so”, but this statement is not historically proven, it is currently only a legend. Historians believe that he was probably to distressed to say a word. Another thing that supports that the play is

There wouldn’t be a play without Caesar, but the story primarily revolves around Brutus. He speaks many soliloquies emphasizing the importance of his character and after Caesar’s early death in the play, the story is mainly focused on Brutus. The title of the play is called Julius Caesar, but he is assassinated at the beginning and Brutus ends up showing way more significance than Caesar. Brutus by Caesar was loved by the Romans, but Brutus is a more well loved noble man. The Romans love Brutus because of the high status he holds in Rome.

While Caesar’s tragic hero model holds many traditional elements, he adds more internal conflict and choice. In Julius Caesar, Brutus is our tragic hero, and main character. A tragic hero is usually of noble birth. Marcus Brutus is the descendant of Junius Brutus, who helped drive the Tarquin Kings out of Rome and establish democracy. Cassius brings this up to motivate Brutus. “O, you and I have heard our fathers say,/ There was a Brutus once that would have brooked / Th’ eternal devil to keep his state in Rome / As easily as a king.” (I.ii.158 - 161). Marcus Brutus even kills Caesar partly for this reason, to preserve the democracy and his legacy. Another element of the classic tragic hero is the suffering of a catastrophe in their lives. In this case, Brutus suffers both the death of Caesar, and the realization that it was only he who killed Caesar for honorable and good reasons, and that the other conspirators killed for jealousy and greed. This severely affects his life and decisions. After Caesar’s death, when Brutus is waging war against Antony, and talks to Caesar. In a heated argument, Brutus questions Cassius’

Brutus is considered to be the tragic hero of the play, but another character that can be called a tragic hero is the man himself Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar can be consider as a tragic hero because of his positive attributes and his tragic and fatal flaws. Caesar’s positive traits made the people of Rome to love him. For example, Julius Caesar is great at battle and a good example of that is in the beginning of the play he just won a battle against Pompey. And he is also a great leader and he cares about Rome and its people for example according to Antony “He hath brought many captives home to Rome. Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.” (Act III, Scene 2) meaning that Caesar captured captives to Rome for ransoms and that ransom money is given to Rome to benefit the people. His positive traits alone wouldn't make him a tragic hero to be tragic hero he needs to have a tragic flaw. His tragic flaw that would led to his downfall is his arrogance. An example of his arrogance is “Caesar shall forth. The things that threatened me Ne'er looked but on my back. When they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished.” (Act II, Scene 2), he is saying when the people that threatens him looks at him they all vanish because they are afraid of him. Another example after Calpurnia tells him that he shouldn't go to the senate because something bad is going to happen to him, Caesar says “Caesar should be a beast without a heart, If he should stay at home today for fear. No, Caesar shall not. Danger knows full well That Caesar is more dangerous than he.” (Act II, Scene 2) he thinks that if he stays home then he would be a coward and also he says the he is more dangerous than danger. Julius Caesar is also considered as tragic hero because he has the attributes of a tragic

In the play, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Caesar was portrayed as an ambitious tyrannical leader with an inflated ego; however, if we read in between the lines, this is not the case. Caesar was a misunderstood leader who cared about his people and did not deserve the animosity of Cassius and the conspirators. As I read the play, I felt a very personal connection with Caesar as he was very smart with the way he handled problems and knew how to run a country well.