Which statement describes a catastrophe in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar? The funeral mob supports the conspirators and joins Bru
tus’s armies to defeat Antony. The audience feels pity and fear over Brutus’ loss of his friend, Caesar. Brutus’s armies are defeated. Brutus is easily manipulated to join the conspiracy. Mark this and return
In literature, a catastrophe is the final event of extreme misfortune, or a disaster, that completes the unraveling of the plot. Brutus’s armies being defeated is catastrophic because Brutus is the protagonist, or the good guy in the story. Brutus's life depends on his army, and because it has been defeated, Brutus is certain to die.
