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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Does Brutus “qualify” as a tragic hero? Marcus Brutus does qualify as the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. A tragic hero is a good or even great man and thus wins our sympathy causing catharsis. A tragic hero displays hamartia— the hero makes a mistake causing the downfall of his fortune. A tragic hero usually brings suffering and death to other characters‚ even a whole country. Finally‚ a tragic hero goes into a situation in which there is no getting
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think that Julius Caesar is the protagonist and Brutus is the antagonist‚ while others may believe that Brutus is the Protagonist while Julius Caesar is the antagonist. Julius Caesar tragically dies before the play is even halfway over‚ some people would say that a different title would better suite this story. I strongly believe that The Tragedy of Marcus Brutus would a much more suiting title for this play because I strongly believe that Brutus is the protagonist of this play‚ as well as Antony
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In William Shakespeare’s "Julius Caesar" Brutus is a friend of Caesar. Brutus is a believer in the republic and a member of the conspiracy against Caesar. Brutus is a highly respected man in the upper class of the Roman society. Brutus is a noble and a good man throughout the play. Brutus is a tragic hero because he is born from a high class family‚ is an overall a good person‚ and his trust is his tragic flaw. A noble man should be patriotic‚ ethical‚ and selfless. He should come from a heredity
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Brutus is an honorable man who keeps his word. At the same time‚ he places the good of Rome above all else. This‚ along with his sense of honor is what drives him to do all that he does. Out of all the conspirators who act out of selfish reasons‚ he is the only one who genuinely thinks that Caesar’s death is for the greater good. These qualities in Brutus make him the one or one of the most honorable man in Rome‚ but they also make him a difficult man to trust‚ as his loyalty is to Rome herself
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In spite of the fact that Julius Caesar is the protagonist of the play‚ Brutus is probably the most important character who has been active more or less through out the play. Shakespeare consciously builds sympathy among the audience right from the point when the character is first introduced by portraying him as a ‘vexed’‚ helpless soul ‘with himself at war’ torn between patriotism and friendship‚ giving the audience an opportunity to relate to such a “head versus heart” conflict and not only sympathize
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are just better at hiding it than others. Both Brutus and Antony’s speeches use different strategies to try and persuade the crowd‚ all though one seemed to do a better job than the other. In Brutus’ speech he tries to appeal to the crowd through reason and logic (ethos and logos). In Brutus’ speech he explains his reasoning for killing Caesar. Brutus is trained in the art of rhetoric and believes others can be persuaded through reason. In Brutus’ speech he includes the word the word “I” quite
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Having had murdered his best friend and countries leader‚ Brutus attempts to justify his crimes‚ as well as the crimes of the conspirators‚ during a speech to the Roman people. Brutus uses pathos-filled diction‚ calling the audience “Romans” to incite patriotism‚ “countrymen” to unite himself and his audience‚ and “lovers” as a term of endearment‚ further bringing him closer to the crowd. He starts his defense using parallelism‚ commanding to “Hear me… Believe me… [and] Censure me” and reversing
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play‚ Julius Caesar‚ Brutus a passionate senator claims that Julius Caesar could be a threat to the Roman republic. He supports his claim by comparing Caesar to a deadly snake. Brutus was a very good friend to Caesar and Caesar respected him dearly. Caesar was a very strong leader during battle but Brutus new that Caesar wasn’t meant for the throne. Brutus is conquered by the fact that he needs to kill Caesar or else the Rome republic will be in great danger. I agree that Brutus needs to kill Caesar
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Shakespeare‚ Brutus is the tragic hero. The reasons leading to this statement are that he is used by people who are close to him‚ Brutus kills his best friend for the “good of Rome”‚ and ends up ruining everything he is trying to protect. Brutus loves having the chance to be noble. He is used by people who are close to him because of this. Brutus is willing to do anything in the name of Rome and he will do it if it will positively help Rome. All Cassius is doing is manipulating Brutus so that he can
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