Julius Caesar Hero

Julius Caesar is a person made iconic by William Shakespeare. He can be viewed in a few different ways. He can be seen as the hero with a tragic fate, as the arrogant and greedy politician, or even as the cruel villain. The view of the politician comes from his need for power and his rather arrogant self-confidence. The view of the villain comes from him murdering Pompey and his refusal to repeal the banishment of Publius Cimber. The greatest focus is on the view of the tragic hero. This view comes from the fact that he did most of what he did for Rome and he refused the crown three times as well as other reasons. He is a tragic hero because of his nobility, his unfortunate flaws, and the fact that the events of the story revolve around his death. One of the ways he could be seen as a tragic hero is how noble he is. He was being noble when he refused the crown as well as when he refused to read the letter that he was told would affect him more by saying, “What touches us ourself shall be last served” (III.i.9). This statement shows how noble he is because …show more content…
To some the answer is unclear. To others the answer might be that he was first to die. But sill to others the answer lies in the fact that Caesar was the first to be corrupted by power and by extension corrupted Antony, Brutus, and Cassius. Not to mention that all of the events that happen after Caesars death most certainly would have never happened if he had not been killed. So as you can see Julius Caesar was definitely a tragic hero due to the combination of his flaws, his fate, and how noble he was. But still a question may arise, and that question may be what is a tragic hero. The answer to that question is really quite simple; a tragic hero is a person of noble birth with heroic or potentially heroic qualities. And Caesar while not completely heroic definitely has the potential to be a