Whom do you consider the true hero of the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare-?- Brutus or Caesar?

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Who is the real hero of the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare : Marcus Junius Brutus or Julius Caesar?


Thank you a lot :-)Whom do you consider the true hero of the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare-?- Brutus or Caesar?
I think it would be Caesar, although 1 can argue that Brutus is the lead protagonist as the play mostly revolves around him, and also shows in-site into his personal life, and so on, if you'll notice Caesar is always the topic of conversation or thought, not only at the start of the play, but even after his death Caesar still plays an important part, all the characters, Brutus, Anthony, etc, go through various emotions, decisions, repercussions, all due to there relationship with Caesar, so although Caesar is only present in a few scene the whole play revolves around him, and so he is the true lead in the play, although is part is somewhat invisible.Whom do you consider the true hero of the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare-?- Brutus or Caesar?
He isn't the protagonist:he does nothing, except get assassinated. Protagonist is the person that drives the action of the play, not the one everyone talks about. Is Godot, who never appears, the protagonist of Waiting For Godot?

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Wow nice question! Really dont know, depends on your political preference i suppose.
Cassius. He was the ring-leader who got them--including Brutus--to knock of Big Julie, who was scum.
Brutus --





Caesar is of course the title character, but one might do better to think of the play as entitled ';The Assassination of Julius Caesar'; -- as one might expect in a play called that, the central figures are those involved in the planning, and than the aftermath.





The construction of the play is unusual, and I think a case could be made that there is no hero. But of the two choices you've given us, I think the clear answer is Brutus -- though you will have to think of him as a tragic hero, not a hero in the sense of a person without flaws, or even one who is right.





It isnt Caesar - he dies early, and does little in the play except radiate power and importance. On the other hand, much of the play is about the moral and political choices Brutus must make, and then the (mostly unfortunate) consequences of his choices. Even if one thinks poorly of Caesar, you cannot say that Brutus achieves any of the noble goals for which he joined the plot. Instead, you have to think of Brutus as a tragic hero, because his noble and ';great'; actions came to a bad end for him and failed to save the Republic.
Generally the hero doesn't die midway through - the protagonist usually makes it to the end. Since the protagonist is the one with the character arc/change in character, I would vote for Brutus. He goes through a lot and comes out a different person.
Brutus of course. Caesar was a horrible tyrant and too ambicious, Brutus and co. were right to save their people by killing him.