Julius Caesar Tragedy Essay, Research Paper
1.) The great philosopher Aristotle makes the distinction between comedy and
tragedy. Aristotle defines tragedy as a tragic character falling from a high
place in society due to a flaw they possess and provides an insight into human
existence. He defines comedy as any story that begins in adversity and ends in
optimism. Shakespeare offers his own six elements to a tragedy; a tragic hero,
conflicts (internal and external), humor, the supernatural, revenge, and chance
happenings or bad luck. The tragic hero is clearly Brutus who seals his own fate
through his character flaw, which is being a stoic. Conflicts are present in
great numbers throughout this story both internally and externally. Brutus
struggles internally when he contemplates whether or not to go through with
joining the conspirators. Caesar obviously struggles with his counterparts
during his own death scene. Humor or puns are illustrated when the cobbler
describes himself as a ?mender of bad soles.? The ghost of Julius Caesars
accounts for the supernatural element. Marc Antony brings about revenge when he
rallies the people against Brutus for killing Caesar. When Portia is too late in
stopping Brutus from reaching the capitol where he will kill Caesar is a great
example of chance happenings. 2.) The element of character flaw play as huge
role in this play. Character flaw is defined as a trait character lacks or
possess which leads to their ultimate downfall from a high place in society.
Brutus? character flaw is the very fact he is a stoic or he believes in what
people are and say. He lives in an idealistic world. A modern example would
people in get caught up in certain gimmicks and schemes that the media offers.
Caesar?s flaw is he is over ambitious. He lets the idea of being emperor blind
of the conspiracy going on around him. An example of this would be someone who
is a so-called ?work-aholic.? That is a person who allows their goals in the
work place to obstruct the goals of life. 3.) The roles of Portia and Calpurnia
play an influential role in this play as the act as the better halves of Brutus
and Caesar. Portia and Calpurnia differ in their own mental stableness. Portia
stable set of mind allows her to think and reason with logic clearly make a
woman before her time. Calpurnia, on the other hand is a woman who overacts,
panics, and really is too big in the logic and reasoning department. Portia?s
action taken when she tries to stop the conspirators before they reach the
capitol and Calpurnia?s actions taken when she tries to prevent her
husband?s trip to the capitol after she has the dream about Caesar?s murder
are best explain for their love of their husbands. Though their mindsets may be
different they still love and deeply care about their spouses. I would rather
marry Portia because of her mental stability and strength in times of adversity.
4.) Blank verse is key in establishing social classes in ?Julius Caesar.?
Blank verse is defined as unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter in which
every syllable is stressed. Shakespeare uses blank verse as a device to
distinguish social classes. The Patricians speak in blank verse while the
Plebeians do not contrasting the their own ignorance. 5.) In Shakespeare?s
?Julius Caesar? Brutus is the tragic character. His flaw of being an
idealist causes him to believe the conspirators and murder Julius Caesar and
fall from his high place in society. By definition you arguably see how
Brutus? inability to see and hear people for what the are causes his own
horrible demise. His idealistic world creates the illusion killing Caesar and
following the instructions of the conspirators is perfectly logical. Through
these conclusions it is plain to see that Brutus is the true tragic character.
JULIUS CAESER 1.) The great philosopher Aristotle makes the distinction between
comedy and tragedy. Aristotle defines tragedy as a tragic character falling from
a high place in society due to a flaw they possess and provides an insight into
human existence. He defines comedy as any story that begins in adversity and
ends in optimism. Shakespeare offers his own six elements to a tragedy; a tragic
hero, conflicts (internal and external), humor, the supernatural, revenge, and
chance happenings or bad luck. The tragic hero is clearly Brutus who seals his
own fate through his character flaw, which is being a stoic. Conflicts are
present in great numbers throughout this story both internally and externally.
Brutus struggles internally when he contemplates whether or not to go through
with joining the conspirators. Caesar obviously struggles with his counterparts
during his own death scene. Humor or puns are illustrated when the cobbler
describes himself as a ?mender of bad soles.? The ghost of Julius Caesars
accounts for the supernatural element. Marc Antony brings about revenge when he
rallies the people against Brutus for killing Caesar. When Portia is too late in
stopping Brutus from reaching the capitol where he will kill Caesar is a great
example of chance happenings. 2.) The element of character flaw play as huge
role in this play. Character flaw is defined as a trait character lacks or
possess which leads to their ultimate downfall from a high place in society.
Brutus? character flaw is the very fact he is a stoic or he believes in what
people are and say. He lives in an idealistic world. A modern example would
people in get caught up in certain gimmicks and schemes that the media offers.
Caesar?s flaw is he is over ambitious. He lets the idea of being emperor blind
of the conspiracy going on around him. An example of this would be someone who
is a so-called ?work-aholic.? That is a person who allows their goals in the
work place to obstruct the goals of life. 3.) The roles of Portia and Calpurnia
play an influential role in this play as the act as the better halves of Brutus
and Caesar. Portia and Calpurnia differ in their own mental stableness. Portia
stable set of mind allows her to think and reason with logic clearly make a
woman before her time. Calpurnia, on the other hand is a woman who overacts,
panics, and really is too big in the logic and reasoning department. Portia?s
action taken when she tries to stop the conspirators before they reach the
capitol and Calpurnia?s actions taken when she tries to prevent her
husband?s trip to the capitol after she has the dream about Caesar?s murder
are best explain for their love of their husbands. Though their mindsets may be
different they still love and deeply care about their spouses. I would rather
marry Portia because of her mental stability and strength in times of adversity.
4.) Blank verse is key in establishing social classes in ?Julius Caesar.?
Blank verse is defined as unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter in which
every syllable is stressed. Shakespeare uses blank verse as a device to
distinguish social classes. The Patricians speak in blank verse while the
Plebeians do not contrasting the their own ignorance. 5.) In Shakespeare?s
?Julius Caesar? Brutus is the tragic character. His flaw of being an
idealist causes him to believe the conspirators and murder Julius Caesar and
fall from his high place in society. By definition you arguably see how
Brutus? inability to see and hear people for what the are causes his own
horrible demise. His idealistic world creates the illusion killing Caesar and
following the instructions of the conspirators is perfectly logical. Through
these conclusions it is plain to see that Brutus is the true tragic character.
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