In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus is a powerful yet easily persuaded character whose distinct traits make him the tragic hero of the play. A tragic hero is a literary character that makes grave errors of judgment or has a fatal flaw that leads to their own demise. This description fits Brutus perfectly as he makes awful decisions throughout the story and is seriously flawed by his naïveté. However, Brutus still possesses the trait all tragic heroes must have: nobility. However, despite his good nature, his errors of judgment and naïve character conclude in his own suicide at the end of the
