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Brutus' flaw is his naivete because he easily trusts Cassius and the other conspirators. He also thinks that the conspirators are killing Caesar for the same reason as him (which is for the good of Rome).

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12y ago

There are actually quite a few :

1) Idealism

2) Perfectionism

3) maybe naivety

4) poor judgment

5) his honour

6) thrust

7) gullibility

You are free to choose, each of the above can be supported though, so there is arguably not 1 tragic flaw.

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13y ago

Brutus actually believed that Romans in general would abandon Dictatorship in favour of an old-fashioned republic as long as Caesar wasn't there. However, dictatorship was emerging as the only effective way to rule to Roman Empire, and killing Caesar would not change that. Brutus was a political idealist.

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9y ago

Like most of the characteristics chosen as "tragic flaws", the characteristics of Brutus most usually chosen are in fact not flaws at all. Brutus was "an honourable man", "the most noble Roman of them all". These are good things. The message of the play is that an honourable man, a noble man, a man of incorruptible virtue, cannot succeed in a political world of corrupt realpolitik as practised by Mark Antony. It is not Brutus, but Rome which is flawed, and Brutus cannot cure that flaw simply by getting rid of Caesar. His tragedy is that he is flawless.

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11y ago

brutus is accusing cassius of having accepted bribes under his offfice

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