Julius Caesar Flaws

In the plays and dramas, the genera of tragedy has two main aspects. There is a tragic hero who is valiant in every way, but he/she has a tragic flaw that ultimately leads to a downfall. This flaw could be anything from being to trustworthy, to being glutinous and greedy. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, the character of Brutus experiences the worst of downfalls, leading to his death. Brutus is a wealthy politician and is a senator in the Roman Senate. It is quite oblivious in the beginning that he is a very internally conflicted and emotional person who worries about the wellbeing of others and his country. He is also one who the emperor, Caesar, trusts dearly. “Cassius, Be not deceived: if I have veil'd my look, I turn the trouble of my countenance Merely upon myself. Vexed I am Of late with passions of some difference, Conceptions only proper to myself, Which give some soil perhaps to my …show more content…
First, he is too trusting of those around him. He believes in what everyone says and even becomes overly confident in himself. Second, Brutus is too honorable. He tries to live up to everyone’s standards, but ultimately fails in pleasing everyone. Finally, and his most fatal flaw, he is too easily manipulated and oblivious to the real intentions of those around him. “Well, Brutus, thou art noble; yet I see Thy honorable mettle may be wrought From that it is disposed; therefore it is meet That noble minds keep ever with their likes; Fro who so firm that cannot be seduced? Caesar doth bear me hard, but he loves Brutus. If I were Brutus now and he were Cassius He should not humor me” (Shakespeare 858). Cassius in malevolently writhing to himself about how he can easily manipulate Brutus by simply turning his honorable intentions against himself, and of course Brutus we end up trusting Cassius and stabs his best friend, whom he says he