Every tragic play must have a tragic hero. The tragic hero must possess many good traits, as well as one flaw, which eventually leads to his downfall. A tragic hero must be brave and noble. A tragic hero doesn't need to be good nor does he/she need to die. If every action is controlled by a hero's destiny, then the hero's death can't be avoided, and in a tragedy the sad part is that …showed first 75 words of 252 total…

…showed last 75 words of 252 total…on Rome so there would be a reasonable reason for killing Caesar. If Brutus wasn’t in the play, there would be no "Tragedy" in "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar." Ceaser was illustrated as a tragic hero by showing that he was a noble man of high rank, by showing that he was a historical figure with a tragic flaw which lead to his downfall, and by showing that Caesar accepted his fate of death.