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    Julius Caersar - Analysis of Brutus




    In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William
    Shakespeare, the character Marcus Brutus fits the definition of the
    tragic hero. Like other tragic heroes, he had great promise, ability,
    and integrity of character. He had a tragic flaw. He had a lust for
    power, and he died at the end of the play.
    Brutus had great promise, ability, and strength of character.
    The fact that he could single-handedly take over the group of
    conspirators, and completely overrule Cassius demonstrates his
    strength of character, and his influence on others.
    Brutus's tragic flaw was that he was too trusting. He frankly
    and honestly felt that he had had to kill Caesar in order to save Rome
    from tyranny. He trusted Antony not to blame the conspirators in his
    speech at Caesar's funeral. Antony broke that promise and got Brutus
    and the others into deep trouble. Brutus also trusted Cassius. Cassius
    only asked Brutus to be a part of the conspiracy as a way of getting
    closer to Caesar. He never suspected that Brutus would take over the
    group and become their leader. Cassius thought that he was getting
    someone to lead the men, but that he would still be the head man.
    Brutus, however, took all power away from Cassius, and Cassius no
    longer had any say in the happenings of the group.
    Brutus had a conscience. It was obvious that Brutus felt
    terrible about Caesar's death, but he felt that it was the only way to
    keep peace in Rome. When Caesar's ghost came to Brutus, it could have
    been a real ghost, but it also may have been Brutus's conscience
    coming back to haunt him. After all, stabbing one's best friend is
    dishonorable, and Brutus was an honorable man, so anything that he did
    that was dishonorable was not acknowledged. Brutus did not associate
    anything dishonorable with himself, and so when he did do something
    dishonorable, he did not admit it to himself.
    Brutus died at the end of the play of his own will. "Farewell
    Strato. Caesar now be still. I killed not thee with half so good a
    will." Brutus felt unbearable remorse for Caesar's death, and his
    final words told that.
    Brutus had a lust for power. When he joined the conspirators,
    he immediately took over. When they were considering asking Cicero to
    be one of the conspirators, Brutus would not have it even thought he
    was the only one who objected. Having an older, more experienced
    person in the group would have put Brutus out of power, and he would
    have had to settle for second-in-command. Brutus could not really
    predict what Caesar would have done with the crown. He did know that
    if Caesar was crowned, however, then he had no chance of ever being
    crowned himself.
    Brutus filled the description of the tragic hero quite well.
    He was a great man, and everyone knew it. Though he killed Caesar, he
    had a valid excuse which he had the people believe. He thought that
    killing Caesar was the right thing to do, even though it was not. Any
    way one looks at it, Brutus was a great man, and a tragic hero.
    "This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save
    only he-- did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He, only in
    general honest thought-- and common good to all, made one of them. His
    life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might
    stand up-- And say to all the world, 'This was a man!'" -Marcus Antony
    Never stop learning
    because life never stop Teaching
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