Brutus Caesar Tragic Hero

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What characteristics of a person make him a tragic hero? The tragic hero is a man of noble stature. He is not an ordinary man, but a man with outstanding qualities and greatness. His own destruction is for a greater cause or principle. This person has something called a tragic flaw, which causes his own downfall. Brutus and Caesar both have tragic flaws, leading them both to fall because of them. Brutus’ main tragic flaws are his honor and his policy of idealism. Caesar’s main tragic flaws are his arrogance and ambition. They are both tragic in their own ways, but only one of them is the tragic hero. Honor is a good characteristic for someone to have, but it can also turn against you in the long run. When Cassius tries to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy in Act two, Scene one, Brutus is …show more content…

It also allows him to be manipulated by Cassius and taken into the conspiracy because he wants to do what is right for Rome and the people. Arrogance and ambition are two imperfections that caused Caesar’s downfall. In Act two, Scene one, Brutus speaks a soliloquy about Caesar and his ambition. Brutus uses analogies to say that Caesar “climbs on young ambition’s ladder” and “is like a serpent's egg, which, when hatches, grows mischievous.” He explains that Caesar uses people to get where he wants—the top; more so, he needs to be killed before he is crowned king, so that he can’t gain any more power than he already has and become evil. (II, ii, 8-37) “What end can be avoided whose end is purposed by the mighty gods? Yet Caesar will go forth,for these predictions are to the world in general as to Caesar.” Calphurnia tells Caesar that she had a dream about him being killed. Caesar, being arrogant, puts her off and still goes out because “he can’t control when he dies.” He also didn't listen to anything the Soothsayer told him. The tragic hero of this story has to be

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