Who do you think is the tragic hero in the play "Julius Caesar? Why?

Answer 1

I was in this show I say the soothe sayer, because he suffers and suffers for his prophesies hehe

Answer 2

Though the play is entitled "The Tragedy of Julius Ceasar" the story of the play is as much about the conflict between Brutus and Antony, Brutus and his ambition as it is about the conflict between Ceasar and his "fate."
Ceasar does fit some of the criteria of a tragic figure based on Aristotle's "Poetics" but it is also off some. Ceasar is a King/ ruler. He refuses to listen to the warnings given to him about the possible danger he faces if he goes to the senate. Do these actions make his fatal flaw "pride" because he won't listen? This refusal to listen to others is the fatal flaw of Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex," but I don't see the same build up to Ceasar's downfall.
Does Ceasar become a better person because of his fall from grace or death?
A tragic figure must have enlightenment and become a better person or they are not a "tragic figure."
What kind of realization does Ceasar experience at the moment of his death?
This play is also the story of Brutus and the choices he makes in betraying his friend. It is the rise and fall of Brutus. How would you compare Brutus to MacBeth? Their stories are much more similar in rising action and climax.
Ask yourself these questions.
Who is the Protagonist of the play, who's story in the play really about. Just because a title has a person's name in it does not mean the story is about that person.

Who is the antagonist of the play. What is the major force against the main character in the play?

What is the climax of this play or what is the high point of the play? It is not necessarily the death of Ceasar!

You have to answer these questions to make a decision about who you think is the tragic figure in this play.

Answer 3

it is Brutus he kills his father figure, Julius Caesar for the "Roman Republic". He believes that Caesar wants to be crowned Emperor and that will bring down republic rule, however ironically killing Caesar brought down the republic.

Answer 4

Brutus. He did the wrong thing for the right reason, intending to save Rome from dictatorship through his participation in Caesar's murder. He failed, and ultimately is killed in battle, bringing in an period of emperors that would ultimately result in the fall of Rome.