EN 3620 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tragic Hero
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Class (tradesmen) is immediately emphasized: strong presence of the people (people matter) Think about the ways in which shakespeare is bringing things his tried before into this play. Such as: when the ruler refuses the crown, definitions of humanity. Antony is like an adopted son to caesar. Brutus sees it as his duty to rome to undermine caesar"s power and remove him from his kingly position. Caesar dies too early to be a tragic hero. Does brutus fit our definition of a tragic hero: this play can have either no protagonist ot many protagonists, however, if we must choose one, brutus is the best choice. We have a weak physical being blown up the proportion of colossus and everyone else is insignificant.
