Marcus Brutus: A Tragic Hero

Marcus Brutus is generally portrayed as a tragic hero, but that can be profoundly questionable. It is critical to identify who a character is before labeling them with any title. All that is acknowledged in relation to Brutus has he shared a role of the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar, a close friend of his. Julius Caesar, a play, was written by William Shakespeare, that tells of a rendition of the story of Julius Caesar's assassination. Brutus claimed that Shakespeare was ambitious, but it could be in the fact that in reality Brutus was the ambitious one. He was named the “noblest” soldier in Rome, but portions of his life prove he, in fact, could be unhonorable at times, which is why it is significant to investigate into how he …show more content…
This is clearly shown in Julius Caesar when Cassius forged notes to Brutus making him believe the plebeians were reaching out to him. And when Brutus allowed himself to be talked into joining the conspiracy. Based on Encylopedia.com, Brutus joined the conspiracy for multiple reasons: his father's conscious, he killed the last Roman king; Cassius persuading him; the death of Cato; and the principles embodied with being stoic. According to Jona Lendering article Junius Brutus Caepio, Marcus: Assassination, Brutus would have favored Caesar's friendship but acted out on idealism, thoughts placed into his head by Cassius. Brutus is clearly easily persuaded and thought naively. Because Cassius knew how much Rome and the people meant to Brutus, feeding Marcus Brutus a lie was the only way he could get him to join him the forged letters.
As the conspiracy played through Marcus Brutus grew arrogant. As mentioned previously, Brutus was very naive, in Julius Caesar, he allowed Marc Antony to speak in front of the plebeians after the assassination, against the other conspirators will, and left early not hearing the speech himself. It seems he was confident or arrogant enough that he had everything under control and nothing could go …show more content…
Badian’s article, Marcus Junius Brutus, After being ran out of Rome, Brutus and Cassius stayed in Italy until being forced to leave by Marc Antony. The were assigned provinces in Greece, but gradually took over the east of Rome, including the provinces armies. And as reported by this article, after extracting all the money they could from Asia, Marcus Brutus turned that money into Roman gold and silver coins. He even with to the extent to have his face on some of the coins. “Contrary to the principles he embraced as a Stoic he was arrogant,” is the way Brutus was described in this article. When thinking of qualities of being noble, arrogant is not the first thing that comes to mind, having the confidence to believe in what you are doing, on the other hand, goes well with being noble. Brutus is described as steadfast and determined in large matters, but petty and cruel in