The Tragic Tale of Brutus
Do the ends really justify the means? Can clearly evil methods be used to achieve goals that can be considered just? Does the person working towards the justice they want become evil while working for their cause? A tragic hero can cause his downfall by seeking a just cause by using unjust methods to accomplish it. People used to regard these tragic heroes as great people, but after their downfall, their whole life falls with as well. In Shakespeare’s tragic play, Julius Caesar, Brutus wants to keep the democracy of Rome, and decides that murder is the only way to achieve it. Brutus proves himself to be a tragic hero with greatness and hamartia as shown by wanting the general of Rome to not be ruled under a tyrant and thinking Caesar had enough ambition to become a tyrant; however, Brutus does not make the audience pity him, due to him dying with the other conspirators.
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In the play of Oediupus Rex, Oedipus stands as the tragic hero because he exhibits all three qualities of a tragic hero. Unlike Brutus, the audience feels pity for him because he did not use evil methods to acquire what he wanted, nor did he intentionally know what he did when he caused his downfall. Brutus, however, had the power to refrain from deciding that Caesar’s death will prevent tyranny in the Roman republic. The audience would acknowledge this, and think that Brutus does not deserve their pity because of his unnecessary evil actions. Human nature causes people to not have sympathy for those who do evil action, but great pity for those placed in unfortunate circumstances that they could not control. Who do people really
Do the ends really justify the means? Can clearly evil methods be used to achieve goals that can be considered just? Does the person working towards the justice they want become evil while working for their cause? A tragic hero can cause his downfall by seeking a just cause by using unjust methods to accomplish it. People used to regard these tragic heroes as great people, but after their downfall, their whole life falls with as well. In Shakespeare’s tragic play, Julius Caesar, Brutus wants to keep the democracy of Rome, and decides that murder is the only way to achieve it. Brutus proves himself to be a tragic hero with greatness and hamartia as shown by wanting the general of Rome to not be ruled under a tyrant and thinking Caesar had enough ambition to become a tyrant; however, Brutus does not make the audience pity him, due to him dying with the other conspirators.
Brutus’s greatness shows through him believing that the freedom of Roman people …show more content…
In the play of Oediupus Rex, Oedipus stands as the tragic hero because he exhibits all three qualities of a tragic hero. Unlike Brutus, the audience feels pity for him because he did not use evil methods to acquire what he wanted, nor did he intentionally know what he did when he caused his downfall. Brutus, however, had the power to refrain from deciding that Caesar’s death will prevent tyranny in the Roman republic. The audience would acknowledge this, and think that Brutus does not deserve their pity because of his unnecessary evil actions. Human nature causes people to not have sympathy for those who do evil action, but great pity for those placed in unfortunate circumstances that they could not control. Who do people really