What a tragedyIn The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, there is more than one tragic hero. A tragic hero is a character who falls through misfortune and is enlightened about his mistakes at the end of the story. In this play, several conspirators oppose Caesar, fearing that he will become the next king of Rome. They decide to kill him on the Ides of March in the Senate chamber and then do it as a favor to the people of Rome. Marc Antony then speaks to the people to take revenge on the conspirators. When this happens, Brutus and Cassius lead an army against Antony and 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, like conspiring against Caesar. This causes him to lose his honor, his family and Roman respect. Brutus is the tragic hero because he has a fatal flaw, a series of bad choices he makes that we can ultimately feel sympathy for. It is not difficult to discern that Brutus' main flaw is his honor. “I know that this virtue is in you, Brutus, as well as I know your outward favor. Well, honor is the subject of my story” (892). Cassius basically tells Brutus that his honor should be reason enough for Brutus to join Cassius. When Cassius saw that it was not enough to get Brutus to comply, he said, "There was once a Brutus who would have tolerated the eternal devil maintaining his state in Rome as easily as a king" (894). Here, Cassius is referring to one of Brutus' ancestors who helped expel the last king of Rome. This calls into question the honor of Brutus's family in the sense that since your ancestors did it, you should do it too. Brutus later responds: “Whatever you would make me work for, I have an aim; How...... middle of paper ....... Brutus says 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 The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. He begins with much good fortune as a great, highly honored wife and friend of Caesar and ends up becoming a widowed and unloved Roman who throws himself on a blade, to receive enlightenment with his last breath. We can also feel sympathy towards him at 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 of this combined to say that Brutus is an honorable man and a tragic hero.Works CitedElements of Literature. Orlando: Holt, Winston, Rinehart, 2007.