Tragic Hero Essay In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, conspirators wage a war against the Roman Republic, which as one knows all too well, ends in tragedy. Led by Brutus and Cassius, rebels against Julius Caesar plot to kill him in fear of his overuse of power, but once he is dead, a war over power begins between Caesar’s assistant Antony, Brutus, and Cassius. In the end, Cassius along with Brutus kill themselves in fear of surrender and to die noble men. While he never really recognizes his mistakes until he dies, Julius Caesar can be considered a tragic hero because he has a distorted perception of reality, he elicits both pity and fear from the audience, he is considered a person of high stature and position. Caesar can be considered a tragic hero because of his pull of both pity and fear from the audience. He especially elicits pity from the audience as he is stabbed to death (multiple times) by conspirators. “CAESAR. Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?
CASCA. Speak hands for me! [They stab CAESAR]
CAESAR. Et tu, Brute? Then fall,CAESAR.”3.1.75-77. He seems most affected by the stab in which Brutus inflicts, since Brutus is the last person Caesar would expect to kill him, as they are good friends. The fact that Brutus kills Caesar along with being stabbed 23 separate times, brings the audience to feel for Caesar’s …show more content…
He elicits both pity and fear from the audience, he is a person of high stature, and often has a distorted sense of reality. All of these positions contribute to the fact that even though he may be a good character in which the audience admires, he still has flaws that ultimately lead to his tragic demise. One can surmise that Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers of all time, but for certain, his ability to interpret and present characters can never be perfectly duplicated, since his version of a tragic hero is much different than one might
CASCA. Speak hands for me! [They stab CAESAR]
CAESAR. Et tu, Brute? Then fall,CAESAR.”3.1.75-77. He seems most affected by the stab in which Brutus inflicts, since Brutus is the last person Caesar would expect to kill him, as they are good friends. The fact that Brutus kills Caesar along with being stabbed 23 separate times, brings the audience to feel for Caesar’s …show more content…
He elicits both pity and fear from the audience, he is a person of high stature, and often has a distorted sense of reality. All of these positions contribute to the fact that even though he may be a good character in which the audience admires, he still has flaws that ultimately lead to his tragic demise. One can surmise that Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers of all time, but for certain, his ability to interpret and present characters can never be perfectly duplicated, since his version of a tragic hero is much different than one might