Caesar Tragic Hero

In Shakespeare’s plays, tragic heroes are described as a person of high status having poor judgement and fatal flaws, leading to their realization and downfall. In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare retells the story of Julius Caesar attaining victory against Pompey. Cassius explains to Brutus how Caesar’s ambition could destroy Rome, convincing him that Caesar is not fit to be an emperor. Brutus agrees and decides to help assassinate Caesar for the sake of Rome. By analyzing The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the play demonstrates Marcus Brutus as the tragic hero of the play because of his faulty patriotism for Rome, and his downfall and realization of his faults before his demise. Although many critics
Caesar demonstrates his flaw as a tragic hero when the soothsayer tries to warn him to beware the Ides of March, Caesar puts him off and believes “He is a dreamer; let us leave him: pass.” Many believe this tragic flaw allows Caesar to be seen as the tragic hero of the play as this leads him to his downfall of himself. His naivety, like Brutus, proves to be a tragic flaw, allowing the reader to see him as a tragic hero. However, Brutus proves to be the tragic hero as he affects not only him but many others around him such as affecting Caesar, Rome and the conspirators themself. In addition, Caesar demonstrates a flaw of his through his pride. He decides that “Yet Caesar shall go forth; for these predictions/Are to the world in general as to Caesar.” but his action of going to the senate house causes his death. His pride proves to be a flaw in Caesar, allowing many to believe that Caesar’s flaw demonstrates him as the true tragic hero. The tragic fault of his pride leads to his death, allowing many to argue that Caesar proves himself to be the tragic hero of the play. Regardless of how many flaws Caesar had, Brutus still proves to be the tragic hero of the play because of his realization and