Brutus Tragic Hero

Title: Brutus Tragic Hero
Category: Literature / English | Words: 524 | Pages: 2.2 (approximately 235 words/page)

Brutus Tragic Hero

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. However, he had a tragic flaw: He was too trusting. 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, …showed first 75 words of 524 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 524 total…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.

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