In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus is the tragic hero. In literature a tragic hero is a man with character flaws,is of high estate, and is involved in either internal or external forms of tragic conflict. Brutus is a Judge, and this is a position of high estate in Rome. Brutus’ fatal flaw is that he is naive. This allowed Cassius and his fellow conspirators to persuade Brutus to aid them in the assassination of Caesar. Brutus aided in the assassination of Caesar because he had convinced himself mentally that killing Caesar was for the greater good of the Roman people. Due to the actions of Brutus and his fellow conspirators Brutus and Cassius are forced into hiding. Antony and Octavius created a Roman army to oppose the actions of the conspirators
