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The play Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragedy according to Aristotelian Tragedy. Aristotle’s theory of tragedy conveys the collapse of a good person through some fatal oversight or miscalculation, arousing compassion and fear on part of the audience. In agreement with Aristotle, a tragic hero must be fundamentally be worthy and commendable of admiration. The character that undertakes the portrayal of the tragic hero is Brutus who is viewed as “… Brutus is an honorable man” (III.ii.91) by the citizens of Rome. Brutus commits many tragic errors throughout the play that lead to his final calamity. His first flaw occurs early on in the play when he makes the wrongful act of allowing Cassius to persuade him and change the image he holds of Caesar. Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dis