Revenge In Julius Caesar Research Paper
In William Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar, revenge becomes a major theme between the conspirators and Antony. During an ongoing battle between Caesar’s men and the conspirators, many plans are discussed to end Caesar’s life. On the ides of March, the conspirators stab and kill Caesar. Antony, who is a one of Caesar’s closest men, vows to avenge Caesar’s death by taking down Brutus and the other conspirators. The plebeians and Antony then turn to violence and rise up against what they believe to be the unfair assassination of their leader.
The ides of March, an omen known to be a dangerous day for Caesar, brought blood shed to the city of Rome. Inside the Senate House, the conspirators gather around Caesar and plead for the return of an exile. …show more content…
Soon after, Antony takes the stage with Caesar’s body and he “speaks not to disprove what Brutus spoke” but to speak what he knows (3.2.109). Antony tells the people that he has found Caesar’s will but he does not want to read it aloud. He is trying to paint Caesar as a saint who cared deeply about the plebeians and if they heard what was in Caesar’s will, their minds and hearts would stir with mutiny and rage because they would see the death of Caesar was unnecessary. The plebeians are soon begging to hear the will but Antony continues to say, “I have o’ershot myself to tell you of it. / I fear I wrong the honorable men / Whose daggers have stabbed Caesar. I do fear it” (3.2.163-164). This only pushes the plebeians into more of a frenzy as they say the “honorable men” are “traitors” and that “they were villains, murders” (3.2.165;3.2.167). Soon Antony has turned the plebeians against the conspirators as he says, “But were I Brutus, / And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony (...) The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny”(3.2. 240-242). Meaning if he was Brutus and Brutus was him, then he’d stir up the plebeians and install in each of Caesar’s wounds the kind voice that would convince even the stones of Rome to rise up and mutiny. It was Antony’s plan all along to turn the people against the conspirators as revenge for killing
The ides of March, an omen known to be a dangerous day for Caesar, brought blood shed to the city of Rome. Inside the Senate House, the conspirators gather around Caesar and plead for the return of an exile. …show more content…
Soon after, Antony takes the stage with Caesar’s body and he “speaks not to disprove what Brutus spoke” but to speak what he knows (3.2.109). Antony tells the people that he has found Caesar’s will but he does not want to read it aloud. He is trying to paint Caesar as a saint who cared deeply about the plebeians and if they heard what was in Caesar’s will, their minds and hearts would stir with mutiny and rage because they would see the death of Caesar was unnecessary. The plebeians are soon begging to hear the will but Antony continues to say, “I have o’ershot myself to tell you of it. / I fear I wrong the honorable men / Whose daggers have stabbed Caesar. I do fear it” (3.2.163-164). This only pushes the plebeians into more of a frenzy as they say the “honorable men” are “traitors” and that “they were villains, murders” (3.2.165;3.2.167). Soon Antony has turned the plebeians against the conspirators as he says, “But were I Brutus, / And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony (...) The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny”(3.2. 240-242). Meaning if he was Brutus and Brutus was him, then he’d stir up the plebeians and install in each of Caesar’s wounds the kind voice that would convince even the stones of Rome to rise up and mutiny. It was Antony’s plan all along to turn the people against the conspirators as revenge for killing