Brutus Tragic Hero

In Julius Caesar, Brutus’ tragic flaw is what made him a tragic hero. In Shakespeare’s play, the entire play is centered around his model of a tragic hero and his tragic flaw causing the downfall of the play. Brutus must decide if he should kill his best friend for the benefit of the country or let him live and lose the democracy they love to a tyrant. All in all, Brutus’s relationship with Caesar is strong, but his love for his country is stronger. In Shakespeare’s play, a tragic hero has five elements that range from things such as tragic flaws to choices that lead to negative outcomes. In the play, Brutus is the main protagonist and suffers from internal conflicts. Brutus also joined the conspirators because he wanted to preserve the democracy …show more content…
Brutus makes many decisions that contribute to a negative outcome. The first choice that contributes to a negative outcome is Brutus joining the conspirators and being misled by fake letters from Cassius. Because of Brutus’s ’choice to join the conspirators he loses everything that matters to him. Brutus feared for what Caesar would become, not for actual facts or events. Brutus never saw Caesar do anything but good for the people of Rome, but Brutus sided with the conspirators because he believed they had the same feelings. Another choice that Brutus made that contributes to negative outcomes was Brutus ignoring the warnings from the ghost of Caesar., Brutus gets visited by the ghost of Caesar before going into battle. The ghost gives warnings that if Brutus goes into battle he will soon visit him. Brutus ignores the warnings believing that he will get another visit from the ghost and goes into battle. Brutus then loses the battle and commits suicide so he does not become a prisoner of war. Brutus makes his army advance too early because of his naivety and they are defeated. The last choice Brutus makes that contributes to negative outcomes is Portia begging Brutus to share his thinking about the plan. He tells her he will, but never does. Portia begs for Brutus to share his thinking because she wanted to warn Caesar. If Portia would have known and warned Caesar about the conspiratory then the uprising and civil war could have been avoided. Portia also commits suicide shortly after Caesar dies. This could have been avoided if the war and the death of Caesar would have not happened. Portia was depressed after the death of Caesar and was on suicide watch due to the death of