Brutus+Analysis

In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marcus Brutus ignores the advice given from others, specifically Cassius's advice, and he is highly respected throughout Rome by the plebeians. Brutus allows Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral, Cassius tries to explain to Brutus that he “know not what [he does]” (3.1.255); however, Brutus decides to ignore Cassius’s warning and allow Antony to speak. Brutus’s fatal flaw is ignoring the advice of others which Shakespeare is trying to make clear to the audience, and Shakespeare makes Brutus the Tragic Hero of Julius Caesar by giving him this fatal flaw. The plebeians thinks Brutus is the “noblest Roman” (5.5.74) in Rome and “he sits high in all the people’s hearts” (1.3.162). Shakespeare is continuing to build upon Brutus’s archetypal personality, and it offers an explanation for Cassius’s desire to have Brutus’s loyalty once they kill Caesar. Marcus Brutus shies away from people’s opinions and ideas and focuses only on his own goals and ideas. Brutus represents the Tragic Hero of Julius Caesar with this fatal flaw; however, Brutus is highly respected by the plebeians of Rome.
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