Marcus Brutus as the Protagonist of William Shakespeares Julius Caesar

Marcus Brutus as the Protagonist of William Shakespeares Julius Caesar every(prenominal) men have the power to resolve. Some men can reason better than others, n sensationtheless, in all men can reason. In order to reason, one must clear his mind, be completely impartial, and understand the situation to the outstrip of his ability. The forge Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is the story of a man trying his outflank to make reasonable, rational decisions. Marcus Brutus is this struggling character who evades constant pressure from all sides to gloriously pull through, yet dies at funs end. Undoubtedly, Brutus is the main character, and driving nip of the play, despite the misleading title of Julius Caesar. Three separate, critical aspects help to video display the reader how unimportant Julius Caesar is to the play. Caesar appears, in dreams, and thoughts of multiple people, giving warnings and special messages. nada seems to pay attention to him. A nonher example is illustrated by the way that Brutus seems to dominate his own actions, whatever he is thinking. Also, Antony declares war on Brutus, but not out of cognise for Caesar, but anger toward the conspirators. As these aspects are explained in further dot one will be sure of the fact that Brutus, without question, clearly dominates the play as a whole. Caesar warns numerous people of ensuing tragedies multiple times, and not once is he listened to. Calpurnia cries out terrified three times during the night, attend to ho - they murder Caesar The reader soon learns of a dream in which Caesars wife visualizes her husbands death. She begs and pleads Caesar to stay home that day, ... ...ad. In every aspect of the play earlier mentioned, Brutus is the driving force of nearly everything that occurs. Caesar is but an after-thought of the reader, and is realized as the inciting action, and nothing more. Brutus is, by all means, the dominating force in the play. He who w ill not reason is a bigot he who cannot is a blackjack and he who dares not, is a slave. - Sir William Drumman Works Cited and Consulted Hunter, G.K. Shakespeare and the Traditions of Tragedy. Wells, Stanley, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare Studies. Cambridge Cambridge UP, 1994. Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Houghton Mifflin Company. The Riverside Shakespeare. Ed. G. Blakemore Evans. Boston, 1974. Palmer, D. J. tragic Error in Julius Caesar. Shakespeare Quarterly. 21-22 (1970) 399.