Julius Caesar: The Friend Who Lost His Way
The Friend Who Lost His Way
A politically fact and one of the most well known leader of the Roman Republic, Julius Caesar transform and created what became known as the Roman Empire, as to some Caesar seemed ambitions and would abuse his power and become a dictator. The tragic play called The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare is a famous play that takes place in rome, as many would think this play is about Julius Caesar I believe it's about his tragic friend Brutus who lost his way. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is thought to be a man whose misfortune comes to him “not through vice (immoral or wicked behavior) or depravity, but by some error or judgment.” Brutus is the tragic hero of the play because he had false …show more content…
He was well-loved by Caesar, and dedicated his life to Rome over his own welfare. He kills himself as a result of his own tragic flaw, which I believe is his own lack of judgement. Brutus had also believed the people will be oppressed if Caesar became "king”. Brutus believes that the only way Rome can be saved is by taking Caesar's life as said, “Let's be sacrificers, but not butchers”, this explains Brutus’s opinion in that killing Caesar was not murder, but was sacrifice for a better cause (II, i). He makes an error in judgment by believing that he can trust Cassius and that he has good intentions for Rome. However Cassius only wants Caesar dead because Cassius just wants revenge and doesn’t really care about Rome. Brutus is foolish and his other mistake is to believe that the other men in Rome's government will stay quiet after Caesar is assassinated, but these men are unscrupulous and eager to take Caesar's power. As Antony cleverly turns the crowd against Brutus and the conspirators. He disputes Brutus's claim that Caesar was ambitious, telling the crowd that Caesar cried upon the deaths of poor people, when said “When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man” (III, ii). This leads Brutus to his …show more content…
Brutus' tragic flaw was being easily persuaded and thinking he can determine the fate of rome. These characteristic led him to his death. All that he trusted deceived him at one time or another during the play. He allowed others, like Cassius and Antony to betray him. He put too much trust in the people that are capable of deceiving him into doing the wrong thing.The events that occurred because of Brutus' naiveness led to his downfall and death. For example this was when the fake letters are sent to him from the conspirators. This was all a lie, to get Brutus to join the conspirator for Cassius could not do it without Brutus' support. Brutus was important in Cassius’s plan because having Caesar’s loyal friend on the conspirators side made the act of the conspirators look like it was for the good of Rome. In the end, Antony riles the crowd into believing that the conspirators are all evil and they must get revenge. In result, a war breaks out ending the
A politically fact and one of the most well known leader of the Roman Republic, Julius Caesar transform and created what became known as the Roman Empire, as to some Caesar seemed ambitions and would abuse his power and become a dictator. The tragic play called The Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare is a famous play that takes place in rome, as many would think this play is about Julius Caesar I believe it's about his tragic friend Brutus who lost his way. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is thought to be a man whose misfortune comes to him “not through vice (immoral or wicked behavior) or depravity, but by some error or judgment.” Brutus is the tragic hero of the play because he had false …show more content…
He was well-loved by Caesar, and dedicated his life to Rome over his own welfare. He kills himself as a result of his own tragic flaw, which I believe is his own lack of judgement. Brutus had also believed the people will be oppressed if Caesar became "king”. Brutus believes that the only way Rome can be saved is by taking Caesar's life as said, “Let's be sacrificers, but not butchers”, this explains Brutus’s opinion in that killing Caesar was not murder, but was sacrifice for a better cause (II, i). He makes an error in judgment by believing that he can trust Cassius and that he has good intentions for Rome. However Cassius only wants Caesar dead because Cassius just wants revenge and doesn’t really care about Rome. Brutus is foolish and his other mistake is to believe that the other men in Rome's government will stay quiet after Caesar is assassinated, but these men are unscrupulous and eager to take Caesar's power. As Antony cleverly turns the crowd against Brutus and the conspirators. He disputes Brutus's claim that Caesar was ambitious, telling the crowd that Caesar cried upon the deaths of poor people, when said “When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man” (III, ii). This leads Brutus to his …show more content…
Brutus' tragic flaw was being easily persuaded and thinking he can determine the fate of rome. These characteristic led him to his death. All that he trusted deceived him at one time or another during the play. He allowed others, like Cassius and Antony to betray him. He put too much trust in the people that are capable of deceiving him into doing the wrong thing.The events that occurred because of Brutus' naiveness led to his downfall and death. For example this was when the fake letters are sent to him from the conspirators. This was all a lie, to get Brutus to join the conspirator for Cassius could not do it without Brutus' support. Brutus was important in Cassius’s plan because having Caesar’s loyal friend on the conspirators side made the act of the conspirators look like it was for the good of Rome. In the end, Antony riles the crowd into believing that the conspirators are all evil and they must get revenge. In result, a war breaks out ending the