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    Brutus the Tragic Hero Essay

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    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

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    Caesar, Marcus Brutus joins the conspirators and kills Julius Caesar, a potential threat to the Roman Republic. Although the other members of the conspiracy are villains for murdering Caesar, Brutus is a tragic hero. Marcus Brutus is a hero because he wants the best for Rome and he is a noble man, but his heroism is tragic because of his fatal flaw. To begin with, Brutus assassinates Julius Caesar in order to protect the people of Rome. Brutus puts the people of Rome before himself. Brutus kills Caesar

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    They’re starting to throw out ideas about what they are going to do to get back at them. One plebeian suggests “We’ll burn the house of Brutus”(876). Then, Antony announces that Caesar has left in his will to every Roman citizen, seventy-five drachmas. Another plebeian responds to this with “Most noble Caesar!We’ll revenge his death!”(876). They are ready to fight and do whatever it takes

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    speech, but he is also using the rhetorical structure of pathos by telling the plebeians they should prepare to cry about a man that when Brutus was just talking they were resenting Caesar. Through the speech Antony uses a very sorrow tone. He also attacks Brutus and the other conspirators by calling them “traitors” at the end. Antony uses ethos when saying, “For Brutus,

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    Caesar's death. Brutus and Antony both try to persuade the people of Rome's minds toward their views of his death. Antony tried to persuade the people that the conspirators were traitors to Caesar. Brutus tried to make the Romans believe he killed Caesar for a noble cause. Whichever speech was enjoyed more by the people of Rome would make the speaker popular. In Brutus's speech, he told the people to believe him for his honor. He doesn't give them reasons to believe him. Brutus goes on to say

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    the play. He is not the tragic hero; that distinction lies with Brutus and Cassius, around whom the play revolves before and after the assassination. This essay will show that although Caesar is not the hero of this tragedy, he certainly is the title character.   Like the storm in the first scene of The

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    Why Is Brutus A Patriot

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    I believe Brutus is a Patriot not only for one reason but many. Brutus is a patriot because he put his country before his friendship; he also looks at the problem himself, and later commits suicide that proves he is an innocent person. First off there are many reasons Brutus can be looked at as either a patriot or a traitor like one he killed his friend. But Brutus is a patriot and here is one reason he is a Patriot because he put his country first before his friendship. That proves he would do

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    the morals, heros, and villains in this play are far from black and white. Brutus is surprisingly seen to be the tragic hero for the following three reasons; he is of noble character, he displays a fatal flaw, and he has a change of fortune. In the first act, the storyline is laid out. Caesar, the head of the senate, returns home with not only with victory over Pompey but the insurmountable favor of the Roman people. Brutus was a general in this conquest, was given control over naval fleets and was

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    when to implement each, and how they impacted their citizens so thoroughly. These speeches occurred right after Caesar’s assassination. Brutus spoke first, then left. Marc Antony gave a speech following his, with his own unique tactics. It was the combination of these two speeches that resulted in the resolution of the play. As I have previously stated, Brutus was the first to speak. He spun a beautiful tale, using logos as his primary form of persuasion. He said things such as, “Not that I loved

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    Who was more honorable, Brutus or Antony? I believe honor is when many people regard you with a high amount of respect. Brutus fits into this because Brutus’s whole lineage of family was known as the protectors of Rome. His family, like Julius Caesar's, were aristocrats. His whole lineage consisted of honor, and he was raised around honor. Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar was about a group of conspirators, which consisted of the Roman senate as well as Brutus. This group was led by a Roman senator

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