The acclaimed play written by William Shakespeare,The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, should go by another name, The Tragedy of Brutus. Brutus is the main character and hidden protagonist, he is a senate member scarred by Ceaser rising so quickly to kingdom. After being mislead by many friends he decides to assist in the murder of Julius Caesar. The noble Brutus is truly the only protagonist in the play, he should be the center of the play in the stead of the short lived and arrogant Julius Caesar.
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is the one character in the entirety of the play who does intend to double-cross anyone, much like the seemingly trustworthy Mark Antony, and he does not have hidden reasons for engaging in the plot to murder Caesar, as Cassius does. Brutus simply wants the best for Rome as shown in Act I, Scene II on lines 163-175, “ That u-you do love me I am nothing jealous … Brutus rather be a villager …show more content…
Only one of those opinions are true Caesar at the beginning of the play has just murdered Pompey on the steps of Rome, meaning that while the murder of Pompey was not a major plot point the so-called noble Caesar murder a man solely for power. Another often used argument as to why Caesar is the true protagonist of the play is that he is a main character. This is simply not true, the scene where Caesar speaks the most is when he is arguing with his wife and his most notable line is in Act III, Scene I, line 78 where he says, “Et tu Brute (and you Brutus) - then fall Caesar” Caesar, the supposed main character and protagonist’s most famous line is when he speaks to Brutus and then dies (or falls). So the title of main anything is not deserved, Caesar is simply the man who gets killed in scene three who the play is named after, he serves no other
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is the one character in the entirety of the play who does intend to double-cross anyone, much like the seemingly trustworthy Mark Antony, and he does not have hidden reasons for engaging in the plot to murder Caesar, as Cassius does. Brutus simply wants the best for Rome as shown in Act I, Scene II on lines 163-175, “ That u-you do love me I am nothing jealous … Brutus rather be a villager …show more content…
Only one of those opinions are true Caesar at the beginning of the play has just murdered Pompey on the steps of Rome, meaning that while the murder of Pompey was not a major plot point the so-called noble Caesar murder a man solely for power. Another often used argument as to why Caesar is the true protagonist of the play is that he is a main character. This is simply not true, the scene where Caesar speaks the most is when he is arguing with his wife and his most notable line is in Act III, Scene I, line 78 where he says, “Et tu Brute (and you Brutus) - then fall Caesar” Caesar, the supposed main character and protagonist’s most famous line is when he speaks to Brutus and then dies (or falls). So the title of main anything is not deserved, Caesar is simply the man who gets killed in scene three who the play is named after, he serves no other