What a tragedyIn William Shakespeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar there are more than one tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character who falls due to luck and is enlightened by his mistakes by the end of the story. In this play several conspirators turn against Caesar in fear that he will become the next king of Rome. They decide to kill him on the Ides of March in the Senate and then do the people of Rome a favor. Mark Antony then speaks to the people to take revenge on the conspirators, when this happens, Brutus and Cassius lead an army against Antony and both Brutus and Cassius die. The best example of a tragic hero in this play is Brutus. He was a very honored man in Rome, but he made some bad choices such as conspiring against Caesar. This causes him to lose his honor, family and Roman respect. Brutus is the tragic hero because he has a fatal flaw, a series of bad choices he makes, and he can feel sympathetic in the end. It is not difficult to discern that Brutus's primary flaw is his honor. “I know this virtue in you, Brutus, as I know your outward favour. Well, honor is the subject of my story” (892). Cassius is essentially telling Brutus that his honor should be reason enough for Brutus to join Cassius. When Cassius saw that it was not enough to convince Brutus to obey, he said, "There was once a Brutus who would tolerate the eternal devil maintaining his state in Rome as easily as a king" (894). Here Cassius refers to one of Brutus' ancestors who helped expel the last king of Rome. This puts a strain on the honor of Brutus' family, meaning that since your ancestors did it, you should too. Brutus later replies: “For what you would make me work, I have a purpose; Like... middle of the card... Brutus is saying that he will kill Casar for the good of the Roman people. This, in my eyes, makes him sympathetic and honorable. In conclusion, Brutus is the best example of a tragic hero in William Shakespeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar. She starts out with many good fortunes as a great, highly honored wife and friend of Caesar and ends up a widower and unsympathetic Roman who throws herself on a blade, only to receive enlightenment with her last breath. He can also feel sympathetic towards the end of the story because he lost everything and did everything for what he thought was for the greater good. This helps the reader not think that it was a good thing that he died. All this combines to say that Brutus is an honorable man and a tragic hero. Works cited Elements of literature. Orlando: Holt, Winston, Rinehart, 2007.