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Julius Caesar Integrity

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What defines a hero? Everyone has their own definition of what a hero should be. Aristotle defines a tragic hero as a character who has; a great reputation, prosperity, a virtuous manner, and a tragic flaw that causes them to make an error in judgement that leads to their misfortune. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare two men fulfill this criteria. Although both Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar can be labeled the tragic hero, Brutus goes above and beyond what a tragic hero is. Both Marcus Brutus and Julius Caesar hold great reputations. Brutus was known to the people of Rome as noble and loyal. It is Brutus the conspirators want to join the conspiracy to make their actions seem better than they really are. In one scene Casca …show more content…

Brutus shows integrity through his actions by always making decisions that benefit Rome and the people. It is in one of Brutus’s soliloquies that he states what Caesar’s reign would look like and then further explains his reasons for wanting to kill Caesar. He uses the illustration of Caesar being climbing a ladder and only looking up into what is next never bothering to look back to the people who helped him get there (II.1.10-36). This displays Brutus’s Virtue by displaying his true reasons for deciding to take part in Caesar’s death. It is in Brutus’s thoughts that his virtue really shows owing to the fact that his actions are always justified. Virtuous people always doo what is best even when it doesn’t benefit them. Caesar shows integrity through giving to the people of Rome. When Antony is reading from Caesar’s will he describes how Caesar felt about the people by calling them “heirs” . Caesar then decided to leave the people a good amount of money and community land (III.2.241-242). A person who is full of virtue or goodness tends to give more than receive ,which is what Caesar did. He could of kept this money for himself and not have bothered to leave anything for his people but he

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