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   kurowoofwoof111 Student
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   Aristotle once defined the tragic hero as a person of influential birth, who has a moral personality. The tragic hero also must have a hamartia, which is a fatal flaw. This fatal flaw is the cause of the person's downfall. Julius Caesar, is a tragic hero. He was aspiring to become the king of Rome, and had the proper support and popularity to do so. Caesar was a noble person, since he was a great general. He was, according to Antony, a ."..friend, faithful and just..." (III.ii.94). Caesar needed to be a positive person for him to gain such tremendous support from the Roman  people. However, he has a literally fatal flaw; his pride essentially killed him. Caesar was warned numerous times throughout the first acts of the play about the danger on the  March 15th. The Soothsayer warned Caesar on the Lupercal, but Caesar, full of his pride, merely brushed him off. In Caesar's mind, he was basically an immortal, and no mortal can cause him danger. In addition, on the Ides of March, his wife, Calpurnia, faithfully warned her husband not to go to the Capitol that day. However, after a talk with Decius, Caesar was once again convinced of his immortality. It was this terrible mentality that caused Caesar's ignorance to the warnings. If he hadn't been so proud and arrogant, Caesar might have avoided his own death. Tragically, Caesar did not, and was assassinated by the conspirators on the Ides of March.
   
   

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   Posted by kurowoofwoof111 on Wednesday December 3, 2008 at 9:51 PM