...William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, set in Rome in 44 B.C, focuses on the character of Julius Caesar and his gruesome assassination by the members of the Roman Senate. Mark Antony, Caesar’s best friend, plots his revenge and incites a riot, causing the exile of the conspirators and their impending defeat. The tragic hero with a tragic flaw can be found in the character of Julius Caesar, an example of this being Caesar’s prominence in society as well as his fatal flaw of hubris. Another example is Caesar’s recognition of his fatal flaw following his betrayal and downfall. A third example is Caesar’s redemption, when his death is fully grasped by Marcus Brutus, who was once Caesar’s friend but betrayed him. The tragic hero is Julius Caesar because of his fatal flaw of hubris, his recognition of his flaw in his...
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...Julius Caesar, Brutus is a tragic hero. His tragic flaws are honor, poor judgment, and idealism Cassius and the other conspirators take advantage of Brutus’ honor. The conspirators wrote Brutus fake letters from the public to get him to join them. Once he joined the conspirators, they used him to bring good to killing Caesar. This idea worked until Antony showed up. That’s when Brutus’ second flaw showed itself. The second flaw is Brutus’ poor judgment. His judgment is taken advantage of by Antony. The first sign of this is when Antony talks Brutus into letting him speak at Caesar’s funeral. Another example of Brutus’ poor judgment is how Brutus thinks that Antony could cause no harm to the conspirators and their plan. The judgment Brutus made when he let Antony speak at the funeral was the turning point of the play and it led to the conspirator’s downfall. Brutus’ final act of poor judgment was when he decided to attack Antony and Octavius at Philippi. These decisions lead too many deaths including his. Brutus’ final flaw is his idealism. His idealism leads him to believe everything that everybody tells him. His idealism causes him to believe in Antony and Cassius. Cassius uses Brutus’ idealism by getting him to believe that they are killing Caesar for the betterment of Rome. Antony uses the idealism to get to talk to the com Brutus’ tragic flaws are part of what makes him a tragic hero. In Julius Caesar, Brutus is a great example of a tragic hero. His tragic flaws are honor...
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...A Tragic Flaw During many of Shakespeare’s tragedies, a tragic hero is identified as a heroic figure that has a flaw that leads to the character's downfall. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there are many arguments over who is the tragic hero. Some people say it is Marcus Brutus. Others say that it is Julius Caesar. After examining these two options, a solution has been made. Brutus is the tragic hero because he possesses such heroic qualities and dies at the end of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus deserves the title tragic hero for many reasons. First is because Brutus is a noble man. He never deceives anyone in the play. Even though he was part of the conspiracy and killed Julius Caesar, he did it for the benefit of Rome. Brutus stated: “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” (870). Brutus did everything for the benefit of someone else. Brutus was a noble man and he cared about others more than himself. Another example of this is when Brutus did not tell Portia his plans to murder Caesar because he felt it would stress her even more in Act two, Scene one. Brutus was a noble man....
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...Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare we see how honorable the character Brutus is. However, there is some argument to that. In this essay, I will be focusing on the points of his flaws, mistakes he made, and that everything he did was for Rome. Throughout the essay, you will see how Brutus is a truly honorable guy. Brutus is portrayed as a tragic hero in the play “Julius Caesar.” We see this through his personal character flaws, mistakes that led to his death and that he did everything for the good of Rome. Brutus had a lot of flaws. One of Brutus’ flaws is that he was too good. An example of this was when he let Mark Antony speak at Caesar's funeral. This goodness was a fatal flaw because Mark Antony turned the people against him and started...
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...The Tragedy of Julius Caesar tells of the conspiracy and the murder of one the most prominent figures in Roman history, Julius Caesar. The play written by William Shakespeare, shows the relationships between the conspiracy members, more specifically Marcus Brutus. He comes from noble ancestry and is a politician in the Roman capital. One of Shakespeare’s most used ideas in his plays is the idea of a tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character usually of noble birth and has a tragic flaw. Shakespeare uses Brutus and not Caesar as the tragic hero. To fit the criteria of a Shakespearean tragic hero the character must be a person of noble birth and have a tragic flaw. Brutus has an ancestor who is of noble importance. Lucius Junius Brutus was the...
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...tragic heroes. In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the tragic hero is Brutus. Although the play is named after Caesar, Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger is the main character. The literary work focuses on the emotions, actions, and decisions made by Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger. Brutus is the best friend of Titular character, Julius Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar is a member of the first Triumvirate of Rome, a form of government that is run by three people. Traditionally, a tragic hero is a character in a literary work who is usually of noble birth or who has notable ancestry. The character that is the tragic hero also has another distinguishing characteristic. The tragic hero has to have...
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...bliss, however that doesn’t apply to Caesar. It is because of ignorance that Caesar is killed by the conspirators in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. However it is not only ignorance that leads to Caesar’s death, fatal flaws also play a role in Caesar's demise. Caesar has his fair share of fatal flaws affecting both his private and public life. Caesar’s public pride, stubbornness to those close to him, and constant naiveness and nobility ultimately led him to his doom. In Caesar’s public life, his pride runs his life. For example, Calpurnia had convinced Caesar not to go the Senate after having a terrifying dream about Caesar’s death. In her dream, Calpurnia saw Caesar's body in a fountain of blood with Romans...
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...charismatic Julius Caesar, humans have selfishly betrayed one another since the dawn of time. Written by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar portrays the tragedy of the Roman ruler. Deceived by his friends, Caesar is brutally murdered as the conspirators try to prevent him from ascending to the throne as the next leader of Rome. By placing their own egotistical interests and misconceptions before Rome’s, the conspirators wrongfully murdered Julius Caesar. Throughout the play, Brutus continually questions whether or not he should follow through with the plan to assassinate Caesar. He even makes the remark several times that Caesar personally did nothing to him saying, “It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general. He would be crown'd: How that might change his nature, there's the question” (II.i.10). Brutus recognizes that other than his own fears for the future, Caesar has done nothing to deserve death. The conspirators repeatedly claim that because of Caesar’s unruly ambition, he would take the throne and expose his greedy, selfish side, although he has never shown any sign to actually having one. Convincing Brutus of this, they become obsessed with the idea that Julius Caesar would become a megalomaniac after his rise to the throne, making this the main incentive that the conspirators have against him, eventually making a rash decision to “sacrifice” him, supposedly for the good of Rome. Brutus continues later on to...
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...In William Shakespeare’s woeful play Julius Caesar, Roman nobleman and friend of Caesar Marcus Brutus embodies the customary role of tragic hero, a flawed character solely responsible for his own downfall resulting from a series of unfortunate and poorly made choices. As a first example, Shakespeare illustrates Brutus’ nobility, a prime and essential characteristic of a tragic hero, when conspirator Casca describes him as “ ‘sit[ting] high in all the people’s hearts. . . . His countenance, like richest alchemy, / Will change to virtue and worthiness’ ” (Shakespeare I.iii.157, 159-160). Certainly, through Casca’s description of Brutus’ honor, status, and aristocracy, Shakespeare confirms his social standing within Roman society, a key trait...
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...In William Shakespeare's play ¨The Tragedy of Julius Caesar¨ a group of conspirators came together to plan assassinated Julius Caesar. Brutus was a tragic hero because he faced major challenges with his loyalty to his friends; loyalty to his country. His relationship with Caesar was strong, bit his love for Rome and the people of Rome was stronger. Noble Brutus is considered a tragic hero because he was destined for a downfall. At the end of the play he called victory too soon, and a little while after he did that he knew he was defeated so he committed suicide. Marcus Junius Brutus was Brutus ancestor. He was important because he fought for a democracy so that no one would rule. He would want the Senate to make decisions. Rather than a King....
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...If killing someone meant helping the people around you, would you do it? The Tragedy of Julius Caesar portrays an endless amount of betrayal, flaws, and defeat between many characters, inevitably causing death for most of those characters. Brutus' funeral speech is most effective due to his use of logos, pathos, and ethos. Brutus powerfully uses logos in his funeral speech for Caesar. For example, when Brutus says, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more;” Brutus is very skeptical about the plan of the conspirators to kill Caesar. When he finally joined, he is convinced that he is doing this deed for nothing more than the good of Rome; Caesar was too ambitious and would soon become a tyrant. His ambition causes distress for the entire city of Rome; "death for his ambition." Caesar was becoming too powerful, and it would soon do no good for Rome as Brutus explains in his speech....
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...Marcus Brutus: Noble Hero with a Tragic Fate In his influential work Poetica, the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” According to his analytical studies of literature which this quote appears in, successful tragedies achieve that deeper effect by arousing internal sensations of pity and fear in their audience through intricate character development of a virtuous and respectable protagonist. However, even a seemingly ideal character requires relatable flaws for their audience to connect on an emotional level with them; thus, authors of tragedies also give their heroes a hamartia, which Aristotle defines as a weakness in character. This single...
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...In Julius Caesar, Mark Antony’s main claim is that Caesar's death was unjust because he had no such ambition for which the conspirators decided her should die for. Antony uses sarcasm to point out the flaws in the conspirator's logic subtly to allow his audience to come up with their own conclusion that Caesar’s death was a treasonous mutiny. Throughout his funeral speech Antony often brings up Brutus and the others as honorable in a sarcastic manner to again, persuade Romans to produce their own conclusion of Brutus and the others. This a very strong, and...
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...Loyalty is portrayed in many different ways in the play `Julius Caesar’ written by William Shakespeare. Mark Antony was loyal to Caesar which led him to get revenge for Caesars death. Brutus loves Caesar but it’s clear that he loves Rome more and that’s were his loyalty lies, this makes it easy for Cassius to pick up and manipulate for his own reasons. Brutus and mark Antony had different places were their loyalties lay but it was clear that they both oved Caesar. Mark Antony was loyal to Caesar and stayed loyal to him even after Caesars death. While Antony’s loyalty and love for Caesar did not change, Antony was not as Brutus described him to be ‘For Antony is but a limb of Caesar’. Antony was underestimated by Brutus, Brutus believed that mark Antony was no threat, once Caesar falls so shall he. Cassius sees the love that Antony has for Caesar and fears him. Antony saw no flaw in Caesar and that is evident when he gives him the crown, he has no doubt that Caesar would not be a good leader like the rest do. Brutus loved Caesar and admired him but it was clear that his true love and loyalty lay in Rome. Sensing that Caesars rising ambition will lead to tyranny, Brutus feels forced to act. Brutus’s constant search for honour is easily played on and manipulated by Caesars enemies. While the conspirators acted out of envy, Brutus truly believed that Caesars death would benefit Rome. Brutus loved Caesar but he oppose the idea of a single man to the position of a dictator. ‘I know...
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...good or bad and can win either side by his own actions and intentions. His tragic error leads to his downfall but he redeems himself by the end of the play. Brutus is the tragic hero of this play. Brutus’ tragic flaw was being naive which led him to his death. All that he trusted deceived him at one time or another during the play. He allows others, like Cassius and Antony to manipulate him. His first mistake was in Act 2, Scene 1 when the fake letters are sent to him from the conspirators. This was all a lie to get Brutus to join in on the conspirator for Cassius knew he could not do it without Brutus’ support as he is of high status, a feature of the tragic hero. Brutus believes these letters are from the people of Rome and therefore agrees to the death of Caesar. Another example of his naiveness is in Act 3, Scene 2 where Brutus decides to allow Antony to speak to show honor to Caesar. This is his tragic error. Antony sways the crowd into believing that the conspirators are all evil and they must get revenge. his use of verbal irony and dramatic actions turns the crowd into an angry mob. In result, a war breaks out ending in brutus’ death. Marcus Brutus’ noble personality leads us to feel pity for him. throughout the play, he never deceives anyone. Brutus, fitting the good and noble aspect of a tragic hero, kills Caesar for what...
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