Marcus Brutus As A Tragic Hero In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

A tragic hero is a person of noble birth that goes through something catastrophic. Brutus is a great example of a tragic hero. Brutus was the most noble man in the play. He did all the right things for all the right reasons, but it was the people that did not do it for the right reason that crushed him. Marcus Brutus was never known as anything other than a noble man. Marcus Brutus was of noble birth because of Junius Brutus. Junius Brutus was well known and liked. He kicked all of the kings out of Rome and created a democracy. Before he did this Rome was a monarchy, which means it was ruled by a king. Cassius is talking to Marcus Brutus when he says “you and I -your ancestor- who would’ve let the devil himself reign in his Roman Republic before he let a king rule”(I.ii.158-161). Brutus suffers a catastrophe when he makes the realization that the other conspirators did not kill Julius Caesar for the same reason that Brutus did,which was for the good of Rome. After Caesar's death Brutus felt awful about what he had done, but he knew that it had to be done. The other conspirators felt absolutely no remorse because they did it out of jealousy not for the good of Rome.. After they murder Caesar Brutus says in his speech “not that I …show more content…
One of the bad decisions that he made was allowing Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral. When Antony asked Brutus if he could stand on the platform and give an oration. Brutus answered Antony by saying “you may, Mark Antony”(III.i.244). Another bad decision that Brutus made was allowing Antony to live and not killing him. Brutus says to him “Oh Antony, don’t beg us to kill you. Though we seem bloody and cruel right now”(III.i.174-175). Another decision that Brutus made that had a terrible outcome was when he left Portia even though she was suicide watch. He knew that Portia was not in the right state of mind to be left alone, but Brutus still left and as a result Portia committed