Julius Caesar Villain

Julius Caesar was a powerful general and politician of Rome. He had many friends and many enemies as well. One of his closest friends goes by the name of Marc Antony who was not only the lover of Cleopatra, but another Roman general that worked under Caesar. As history states, Brutus, a senator of Rome, was frightened that Caesar would become too powerful and become King of Rome. In order to prevent this from happening, 60 conspirators, all led by Brutus, stabbed Caesar to death.

People would view brutus as rogue and a scoundrel. But the truth is is he was blinded by cassius that caesar turn rome’s citizens into worshippers of caesar and his bloodline. forever abolishing Rome’s religion Cassius used brutus to kill caesar and save rome. But it proved that brutus valued rome over the friendship with him and caesar. The aftermath of the assassination of leads to brutus and the others killing themselves in the battle.

Brutus’ character, conflict about killing Caesar, and loyalty to Rome make him the tragic hero in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. One of the main reasons Brutus is the tragic hero of the play is because of his character. Brutus is very popular among the people of Rome because of his nobility and honor. All of his views are guided by the sense of honor and dignity, but with this tunnel vision he becomes naive. “Which so appearing to the common eyes, / We shall be called purgers, not murderers.

Caesar killed while running for king. Brutus and Caesar were good friends. However, Brutus persuaded the audience that he did not want Caesar to become king so he had to slew him. They both had some role in Caesar’s death it is just a matter of how much and how they played into it. Antony is the reason why everyone was turning Against Brutus.

In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. There was a man named Caesar who passed by the painful death of his best friend bestowed upon him. His name was Brutus, and he was known for being respected by most and loyal to the Roman Republic. Brutus was so lost in doing what was best for Rome and his people he committed a crime that no one could ever imagine.

Cassius put together a group of conspirators that agreed with his motives to take matters into their own hands and put a stop to the ambitious Caesar. Brutus led these conspirators to finally killing Julius Caesar. After Caesar was killed Brutus said, “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 more. ”(Shakespeare 3.2.19-21) The good of his country meant more to Brutus than his own friend’s life.

Brutus won the hearts of Rome's with his true love for them and the state, and honesty. While Caesar won them over with lies, and false hope for a better future. As Brutus believes, nothing should be done without honor which he shows by killing Caesar. “For let the gods so speed me, as I love the name of honor more than I fear death.” Says Brutus as he's quickly pulled into the conspiracy plot to kill Julius Caesar.

Every Tragedy Has Its Hero Brutus was a man that possessed many positive qualities but also possessed many negatives traits too. He was a kind, intelligent, and noble person, but he was also overly trusting, easily manipulated, and not very good at getting people to follow his lead. These qualities are what makes Brutus a tragic hero. Everyone has flaws, and because of that everyone knows those flaws can lead to bad things. Brutus was a person with good intentions but also weaknesses, and these weaknesses led to his downfall.

In Julius Caesar written by, William Shakespeare, we can see the different ways that Brutus is the tragic hero. A tragic hero is someone, who is usually noble, that makes an error in their judgement which ultimately comes back to haunt them. We can see that this is the case from Brutus because he makes a bad judgment decision. Brutus was a noble man that was well-respected and spoke very well. His great friend Julius Caesar was getting too tyrannical and he had to do something about it.

Peyton Merchant Mr. Ioannidis English 10 B 1st Hr 1 March 2023 Brutus the Real Tragic Hero Tragic flaws are in everyone, some more than others. In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, many people believe that Caesar is the tragic hero.

In conclusion, Brutus is not a villain. His conscience tells him that what he did was wrong and something had to be done about it, which ends in him killing himself. He shows lots of compassion throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar(JC) by William

And while Brutus did work in part with other conspirators, which eventually led to him killing Caesar, he did it for a more morally sound reason which was that Caesar was going to cause the downfall of Rome because he was too ambitious, which is ironic because Caesar's death led to a string of unfit leaders, and civil unrest that eventually led to the downfall of the roman empire. Brutus was also focused on preventing corruption. “The name of Cassius honors this corruption,/ And chastisement doth therefore hide his head (IV.iii.15-6)... Remember March, the ides of March remember./ Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake” (IV.iii.18-9).

Julius Caesar was the Dictator of Rome in 42 BC who accomplished many things. Many people believed that he was a hero, but Julius Caesar was a very ambitious dictator and was more of a villain than a hero. Julius Caesar was a villain because he didn’t think first before doing something, he forced the Senate to name him dictator for life and he also was a glory hound and put his needs before the republic. To begin with, Julius Caesar was a was a glory hound and put his needs before the republic. Caesar used his power as dictator more towards his advantage instead of helping the people in Rome.

When Brutus was speaking to the people of Rome about how he helped assassinate him, he justified it by saying, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved / Rome more” (3.2.23-24). Even though Brutus is close to Caesar, he has to think about the city he serves first. Brutus wants to do what is best for Rome so if that means he has to harm a friend, he will do so for the greater good of the city he knows and loves. All it took was the conspirator to talk to Brutus a little bit to make him realize Caesar’s potential danger and say “That at his will he may do danger with” (2.1.18).

In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the person most responsible for the death of Julius Caesar is Cassius, he started the conspiracy and developed the plan of how to manipulate and convince Brutus to kill Caesar and lead Rome. While it may look like Brutus was the one responsible for his death, it was Cassius who made him think that he needed to that by slipping fake letters into his room. Cassius began the rebellion against Caesar, and then developed a plan to make Brutus think he need to kill Caesar and become the leader, and finally as well as the other conspirators, Cassius contributed to stabbing Caesar. TS 1: in the beginning of the story we are introduced to the conspirators, who are lead by Cassius and we discover that they are determined to destroy Caesar. In the beginning of the play Cassius is trying to convince Brutus that there is nothing special about Caesar, he is “Like a Colossus, and [they] petty men Walk under his huge legs”(I, II, 137).