The Fall of a Tragic Hero: Marcus Brutus William Shakespeare is the master of tragedy. The universes in which his heroes live are never perfect: justice doesn’t always win‚ and people never simply get the answers to their questions. There is always somebody who gets hurt‚ the tragic hero‚ who’s downfall occurs from a reverse of fate and hamartia‚ an error of judgment. In Julius Caesar‚ Marcus Brutus is often seen as that tragic hero. He was always seen as an honorable man‚ and although he had joined
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the name of Brutus is a great example of Shakespeare’s model. Shakespeare uses traditional elements but adds complexity. Brutus is an honorable man and his choices determined on the consequences of his actions and didn’t leave anything to fate. Brutus had quite a bit of inner turmoil on what action he wants to take and the outcome of that action. A Tragic Hero is a person who is usually of noble birth who suffers a catastrophe.Marcus Brutus is the descendant of Junius Brutus. As brutus said “My ancestors
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tribunes who hated him soon came up with a terrible plan to kill him. They desperately needed Brutus to be on their side but‚ it could come at a huge cost. Brutus was a man of the people so everyone loved him. If the tribunes had the support of Brutus‚ then they would have the support of Roman people. They had wrote him three letters to be placed in three different places and set up a meeting with Brutus. Shakespeare writes‚ "And that which would appear offense in us‚ His countenance‚ like richest
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resolution of this case will either justify Brutus and the other conspirators’ act of murder or avenge Caesar’s death. Due to his overly ambitious nature and false claim that he did what was best for Rome‚ I believe that Brutus killed Caesar to gain power and therefore should be punished for his involvement in the murder. Brutus’s actions when he gained power after Caesar’s death indicated that he acted not out of love of his country‚ but out of selfishness. When Brutus addressed the public at Caesar’s funeral
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friends of Caesar that are having the biggest impact are Brutus and Antony. Brutus and Antony are two men living in Rome having to deal with the dictatorship that is ruled by Caesar. Although they are both Caesar friends‚ they do have some similarities‚ but they also have differences as well. You could see the true difference between Brutus and Mark Antony in their eulogy speech for Caesar. They both speak a eulogy at Caesar’s funeral. . Brutus‚ in a somewhat arrogant to where he attempts to sway the
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Plautus‚ A Haunted House In the play‚ “Plautus‚ A Haunted House” starts off with a young man‚ Philolaches‚ whose his father has been away from town‚ has been partying and has been wasting his family fortune on his mistress. While the son is in no condition to talk to his father due to being intoxicated‚ his slave‚ Tranio comes up with a scheme to deceive the old man from catching his son from partying. Tranio‚ redefined his role as a trickster in the play and along with all his charisma made
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Shakespeare‚ Cassius successfully persuades Brutus to join an alliance against Caesar by using claims and logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos arguments. Cassius’s effective persuasion begins with the building of Brutus’s ego of honor. He does this so Brutus will feel an obligation to keep Rome honorable. Pathos driven arguments that will bring forward this emotion of obligation are used such as “This breast of mine hath buried thoughts of great value‚”. Cassius is reminding Brutus that he recognizes the great honor
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Through life’s bloody suicide of Caesar‚ Brutus thinks he now has full power over Rome. Shakespeare expresses how Brutus allows Antony to say his speech at the fallen ruler‚ Caesar’s funeral. Antony contrasts gullible Brutus who ends up killing himself showing the honor he had during the story. Antony shows that when you become power hungry you become desperate and can cause a distraction. The gullible Brutus is convinced by the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar‚ thinking he will become crazy over
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In “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare‚ Brutus is able to sway the people to believe that Caesar’s assassination was for their own good by using a single analogy. However‚ Antony is able to confront that belief right after Brutus’ speech‚ swaying the Roman citizens to trust him rather than Brutus. By being able to merge voices and speaking to the people colloquially‚ Antony has an automatic linguistic advantage over Brutus. With this advantage‚ voice merging and emotional delivery
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How well do the two speeches combine the story? Well there was so much conspiracy and emotions all wrapped up into one as the two speeches were going on. Like Brutus was all about logic and the reality of the problem. Mark on the other hand wasn’t. How did these two speeches compare to each other? Keep reading and find out. Mark’s speech after Julius death was all based on his emotions since he was a very good friend of Julius. He would talk about the emotions he was feeling because he did It for
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