Marcus Brutus as the Protagonist of William Shakespeares Julius Caesar

Marcus Brutus as the Protagonist of William Shakespeares Julius Caesar All men have the power to crusade. Some men can reason better than others, nonetheless, all men can reason. In order to reason, one must clear his mind, be completely impartial, and understand the situation to the best of his ability. The contri alonee Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is the story of a man trying his best to make reasonable, rational decisions. Marcus Brutus is this struggling character who evades constant pressure from all sides to gloriously hassock through, yet dies at revives end. Undoubtedly, Brutus is the main character, and driving force of the play, despite the misleading title of Julius Caesar. Three separate, critical aspects help to show the reader how unimportant Julius Caesar is to the play. Caesar appears, in dreams, and thoughts of multiple people, giving warnings and special messages. Nobody seems to pay attention to him. Anotherexample 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 love for Caesar, but anger toward the conspirators. As these aspects are explained in further detail one provide be sure of the detail that Brutus, without question, clearly dominates the play as a whole. Caesar warns numerous people of ensuing tragedies multiple generation, and not once is he listened to. Calpurnia cries out terrified three times during the night, Help 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 will not reason is a bigot he who cannot is a fool 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.