Marcus_Brutus_a_Tragic_Hero

Marcus Brutus:a Tragic Hero In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marcus Brutus inflicts upon the reader a feeling of great pity and terror because he is not completely evil or completely virtuous, but partly both. These qualities make Marcus Brutus a tragic hero by Aristotle's definition. On the account of his being a tragic hero, Brutus's flaws that inevitably lead to his destruction are the decisions he makes. On Brutus's crusade to keep a republic that is inevitably lost to monarchy he, lets Cassius persuade him to join the conspirators, puts trust in Mark Antony, and kills himself. Brutus, because he is a noble man believes that other people will also conduct themselves in a noble manner and will be true to their word. By believing in other people Brutus gets caught in a string of events that lead to his tragic hero status. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings."{1.sc2 147} Brutus an honorable man finds himself trapped between the love of a friend and the liberty of a country. Cassius, a man jealous of Caesar's power tries to sway Brutus on the idea of killing Caesar, to save the republic Brutus's family brutus, shakespeare, people, antony, mark, caesar, conspirators, caesar's, man, brutus's, because, trust, tragic, rome, republic, noble, lets, hero, cassius, believes, about, warnings, wanted, sway, speak, power, out, marcus, love, lead, know, king, killing, kill, inevitably, himself