Julius Cesar Character Analysis

Julius Cesar and Antigone Dynamic Characters In both Julius Cesar by Shakespeare and Antigone by Sophocles there are two stand out characters that change throughout the entire play. In Julius Cesar the audience meets the noble Brutus. In Antigone, the head strong King Creon is introduced. In both of the plays, the two characters are tragic heroes. Their hamartias lead to both of their downfalls and juristically change them and the plot. But, in the end Brutus seems to have come full circle with himself and develop the most between the two of them. Brutus’ character changes from the beginning to the end of the play because of the events that tested his character. In the beginning of Julius Cesar it is clear that Brutus is patriotic and honest, “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome …show more content…
Throughout the play, the audience questions Brutus’ actions and whether or not they are ethical at times. The first impression of Brutus is a man with an increasingly high rank in Rome. His loyalty is displayed when he talks of what Rome means to him. When he is convinced by the conspirators to kill Cesar the audience sees Brutus’ fatal flaw. His gullibility is shown and his nobility begins to flake away, “And since the case against Caesar/ Can 't be proved from what he is like now,/ We must shape our argument in this way: That Caesar 's true nature, if allowed to develop/ Would reach terrible extremes.” (2.1.29-31). After Cesar’s death, the audience sees Brutus’ head strong personality and seems to be a different character. When Brutus wants to battle against Anthony, a clearly stronger opponent, he displays faithlessness and the audience feels pity for Brutus. After his honorable death, the audience sees the old Brutus was just clouded behind unfortunate circumstances and his own