It is commonly thought that the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar has very cut and dry heroes and villains, with Brutus being the hero and Antony being the villain, but I beg to differ. There is not one or two villains, but rather all the main characters are villains as well as heroes. They are all heroes and villains because they all have done evil actions, b have outstanding achievements, and finally it all depends on the reader's point of view. The definition of a villain is a character who has done evil actions. All of the main characters have done something evil. Julius Caesar massacres Pompey and his family just so he could have more power. Antony betrays Brutus by turning the people against him and betrays Caesar by not honoring his
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The definition of a hero is a person with outstanding achievements. They all are gifted military and political leaders and each, in their own way, want only the best for Rome. However, they all just have very different ideas of how to achieve it, some honorable and others not. “If it be aught toward the general good, Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently,”(I.ii.85) Lastly whether the characters are heroes or a villains all depends on the reader’s perception and which character they sympathise with. If the reader takes Brutus’s point of view it is Antony as he betrays Brutus. In Caesars, Antony’s and the plebeians point of view then the villains are the conspirators because they murder Caesar. “Villains, you did not so, when your vile daggers Hack'd one another in the sides of Caesar...And bow'd like bondmen, kissing Caesar's feet; Whilst damned Casca, like a cur, behind Struck Caesar on the neck. O you flatterers!”(V.i.39) In conclusion, all the main characters are the heroes as well as the villains. They all want only the best for Rome, but they go about it the wrong way and travel down the path of murder and betrayal. Their actions make them neither good or bad. They all have done evil things and have outstanding achievements. However, whether they are villains or heroes all depends on the reader's
The definition of a hero is a person with outstanding achievements. They all are gifted military and political leaders and each, in their own way, want only the best for Rome. However, they all just have very different ideas of how to achieve it, some honorable and others not. “If it be aught toward the general good, Set honour in one eye and death i' the other, And I will look on both indifferently,”(I.ii.85) Lastly whether the characters are heroes or a villains all depends on the reader’s perception and which character they sympathise with. If the reader takes Brutus’s point of view it is Antony as he betrays Brutus. In Caesars, Antony’s and the plebeians point of view then the villains are the conspirators because they murder Caesar. “Villains, you did not so, when your vile daggers Hack'd one another in the sides of Caesar...And bow'd like bondmen, kissing Caesar's feet; Whilst damned Casca, like a cur, behind Struck Caesar on the neck. O you flatterers!”(V.i.39) In conclusion, all the main characters are the heroes as well as the villains. They all want only the best for Rome, but they go about it the wrong way and travel down the path of murder and betrayal. Their actions make them neither good or bad. They all have done evil things and have outstanding achievements. However, whether they are villains or heroes all depends on the reader's