Julius Caesar Tragic Hero Quotes

Tragic Hero Essay
Murder, loyalty, friendship, trust, and betrayal. All of these are present in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Many of these impact Brutus’ decision to kill one of his best friends, Caesar. All of these lead to who the real Tragic hero is by the flaw and the person's downfall. A tragic hero is a person who starts off happy with respect, but he has a big flaw which leads to his downfall. Many people who have read this play think that Caesar may be the tragic hero. Which makes sense since he has power and happiness in the beginning, he has a flaw of ambition and it leads to his death. But the true tragic hero is Brutus, everyone loves him,he has power and his wife Portia who completed his happiness,

This quote talks about Cassius planning on throwing notes at Brutus’ window saying the citizens want him as their leader. Right when Brutus reads the notes he makes up his mind and joins the conspiracy. This shows how gullible he is by the timing, he didn't take any time to really think about the situation he's facing. It should be a red flag if he randomly gets three notes from “citizens” complaining about Caesar right after Cassius talks to him about joining the conspiracy. As time goes on Cassius also puts different ideas in Brutus’ head, for example “The fault, dear Brutus is not in our stars but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” This quote is Cassius talking to Brutus about how they are like Caesar's slave. Brutus shows his gullibility because they are both really powerful senators, they aren't like Caesar's slave. But Cassius is trying to get Brutus in the mindset that they are and he believes him. Right after Caesar’s death Brutus gave a speech to the people about what he did was good not a bad thing. Right after he says this he leaves so Antony can speak to the people. Antony basically turns the people against Brutus during this time. Brutus shows his gullibility by thinking that Antony wouldn't say anything bad about him or

But Brutus got a lot of anxiety about the situation and felt bad about it in the end. He almost didn't think at first it would affect him and his well being but it did in the end. (add quote where he says he's been sick all night) . Joining the conspirators lead to him killing Caesar and being proud of his actions for example “I honor him: but, as he was ambitious I slew him.” Brutus says this right after killing Caesar in his speech to his people. He still believed what he did was a good thing by what Cassius tells him. His gullibility led him to kill his best friend. Not only did he lose his friend but he loses his wife as well. “ If it be no more, Portia is Brutus' harlot, not his wife.” This was said by portia telling her husband Brutus she doesn't feel like his wife anymore. Keeping these lies impacted their relation so much that she kills herself by swallowing hot coals. Now he lost the thing that completed his happiness. After all this he went into war after killing Caesar, Caesar's ghost shows up after they lose and say it's time for him to die. So he tells his men to hold his sword as he runs into it and kills himself. And that was the downfall of