Why Marcus Brutus was a tragic hero in “Julius Caesar” Everyone has a something wrong with them; some of these problems we can fix, like lying, a person can learn to stop lying.Others problems are more unsolvable, like world peace. In the play, “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare,(Durland, 1985) several characters have problems; for instance, Caesar was too arrogant and he does not listen to a warning by the Soothsayer. (Durland, 1985.) Another character in the story, was Marcus Brutus, a companion of Caesar, who had a problem that affected the whole plot. (Durland, 1985.) Marcus Brutus’s dilemma, of being loyal to his emperor versus, maintaining the “love” of the Roman people, makes him a tragic hero. Marcus Brutus was a Roman statesmen, a statesman is someone who was a “skilled, experienced, and respected political leader or figure.” ( Dictionary.com) Brutus was a great friend of the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. Secondly Brutus was respected by the Roman citizens because of his political views. It is hard to believe that a person of Brutus’s status, could have any issues, but Brutus’s two main conflicts were those that most leaders
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It is hard to believe that love could be a issue but is more of a problem then what most people actually think. A person should consider of how many times, they loved or liked some object and how their love got them into trouble. For example, a guy has a girlfriend and he has a test the next day. He must get an “A”, on the test or they could fail the class. In another situation the girl asks her boyfriend if they could go to the movies, if he says, “yes”, he will miss out on studying for the test, and fail the class. If the guy says “no”, he will pass the class but his girlfriend could break up with him. Love can be positive and negative at times, the same goes for Brutus. Brutus loved Rome so much that he even said , “ It 's not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome
It is hard to believe that love could be a issue but is more of a problem then what most people actually think. A person should consider of how many times, they loved or liked some object and how their love got them into trouble. For example, a guy has a girlfriend and he has a test the next day. He must get an “A”, on the test or they could fail the class. In another situation the girl asks her boyfriend if they could go to the movies, if he says, “yes”, he will miss out on studying for the test, and fail the class. If the guy says “no”, he will pass the class but his girlfriend could break up with him. Love can be positive and negative at times, the same goes for Brutus. Brutus loved Rome so much that he even said , “ It 's not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome