Julius Caesar Tragic Hero Quotes

A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgement error that inevitably leads to his or her own destruction. Characteristics of a tragic hero are typically the character has an internal struggle, which he or she may display as a weakness or a pernicious trait like hubris, and this trait brings about his or her own destruction. Also, the tragic hero is normally a person of nobility, or a great significance, whose destruction will arouse the audience in pity or fear. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by the world renowned author William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar is the tragic hero, for he fits all the characteristics stated above.

Succeeding his triumph defeating Pompey in battle, Julius Caesar, who was to be crowned the king,
In the same scene as the previous two examples another example can be used to support Caesar bringing on his downfall, this is when Brutus stabs Caesar. Struggling to speak his last few words Caesar says “ Et tu Brute? then fall, Caesar” (Shakespeare 945). When Caesar says this he is coming to terms with his death, for he now realized that if even his dear friend Brutus wanted him dead and that he must not deserve to live. The last example from the text that is used to identify Caesar's downfall was to fault of his own is before his murder, when he is forewarned of the plot to kill him, but he ignores this because he views himself as to strong. A character in the tragedy said to Caesar, “ If thou beest not immortal look about you: security gives way to the conspiracy” (Shakespeare 933). In this quote not only does it warn Caesar that his security of himself gives the conspirators an easier target, but being so secure of himself Caesar totally ignored this message which could have saved his life. With Rome valuing Caesar, he grew more vain and power hungry which eventually resulted in his own