Julius Caesar, Caesar is not the
central character in its action; he appears in only three scenes, and is killed at the
beginning of the third act. The href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist">protagonist of the play is
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus">Marcus Brutus, and
the central psychological drama is his struggle between the conflicting demands of
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotism">patriotism, and
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship">friendship. Julius
Caesar, href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar">Caesar is not the central
character in its action; he appears in only three scenes, and is killed at the beginning
of the third act. The href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist">protagonist of the play is
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Junius_Brutus">Marcus Brutus, and
the central psychological drama is his struggle between the conflicting demands of
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotism">patriotism, and
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship">friendship. The growing tide
of public support soon turns Brutus against Caesar.A soothsayer warns Caesar to "beware
the href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_of_March">Ides of March. As Caesar,
predictably, rejects the petition, Casca grazes Caesar in the back of his neck, and the
others follow in stabbing him; Brutus is last. At this point, Caesar utters the famous
line " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_tu,_Brute%3F">Et tu,
Brute?"
At the href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi">battle, Cassius and
Brutus knowing they will probably both die, smile their last smiles to each other and
hold hands. During the battle, Cassius commits suicide after hearing of the capture of
his best friend, Titinius. After Titinius, who wasn't really captured, sees Cassius's
corpse, he commits suicide. However, Brutus wins the battle. Brutus, with a heavy heart,
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Philippi">battles again the
next day. He loses and commits suicide. The play ends with a tribute to Brutus by
Antony, who proclaims that Brutus has remained "the noblest Roman of them all", because
he was the only conspirator who acted for the good of Rome. Stoicism is Brutus’s
philosophy. It makes him calmly deal with the matter.Shakespeare
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Does Brutus fit this description, or is the tragic hero someone else—perhaps Caesar? Do you think, instead, that the play lacks a tragic hero?In...
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