Antony said he would not speak poorly about any of the conspirators, but he found away around it by using repetition (III,ii,84-96). He would question the characteristics of Caesar given from the conspirators to the people. Once he started to get the plebeians to think, he decides to show Julius’s stab wounds through his cloak. Antony tells them how he remembers the first time Caesar wore that cloak. Now, as he tells the story behind it, he has the people’s pity. With the people’s pity, they will beg to hear anything else about the great Caesar. Antony states that he has Caesar’s will with all the items Caesar gave to the great people, but he does not feel it is right to share the words written. The commoners beg until they hear it. Antony can now explain how the conspirators made even more of a mistake (III,ii,241-244;249-254).…
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In the time of the ruling of Julius Caesar, all of the Romans loved most of Caesar's qualities. He was a good and popular leader and did a lot for the people. But some Romans had a problem with Caesar and plotted to kill him. These people were Brutus and Cassius. This started a civil war between the Romans. This war may have been prevented if Brutus and Cassius had done things a little differently. Cassius would have made a better leader rather than Brutus. Cassius also had more of a passion to kill Caesar. Brutus did not have the morals of a killer like Caesar did.…
Stating, “'Tis his will. / Let but the commons hear this testament— / Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read” (3.2. 129-131), he knowingly suggests not only the existence of Caesar’s will but his refusal to disclose it’s contents. Again he asserts that he “must not read it” (3.2. 140) but reveals that “it is not meet you know how Caesar loved you” (3.2. 141). If he truly wished for his audience to remain unaware of Caesar’s love for them, he would have safeguarded the secret. By divulging the fact that Caesar indeed cared for them greatly, they subconsciously believe in this emotion. Antony once more affirms that “’Tis good you know not that you are his heirs” (3.2. 145). This line breathes hypocrisy as he explicitly tells the people the good in not knowing the truth he depicts. These mind games create an irresistible tension between Antony and his audience as they now crave even more clandestine…
Every text is constructed for a purpose; the composer is trying to convey and embed their agenda into the reader by persuading them to accept their perspective on key events, personalities and/or situations. Through the manipulation of various textual forms, structures and language composers persuade their audience to adopt their perspective. Composers often decide to present conflicting perspectives to truly engage their audience. By demonstrating the concept of conflicting perspectives the composer is able to glorify their perspective in contrast to another to enforce their agenda, they position the audience through language to side with them. The tight narrative “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare’s utilises the final days of Caesar’s…
Brutus gives reason for why he had to slay Caesar. To the crowd he eloquently orates, “Not that I loved Caesar less, But that I loved Rome,”(III.ii.21-22). Furthermore, Brutus is saying he killed Caesar for the good of Rome because he loves his country. He even portray the assassination as a patriotic act. On the other hand Antony uses logos to prove Caesar wasn’t ambitious and shouldn’t have been slaughtered for that reason. While reading Caesar’s will he says, “To every Roman citizen he gives, to every several man, seventy-five drachmas,”(III.ii.242-243). By reading this Antony shows Caesar’s generosity and implies that if Caesar really were ambitious he wouldn’t have left seventy-five drachmas to every Roman…
Traits that an individual personify do not make one to be perfect. Others can dream of such person, but everyone has flaws. Humans have flaws, as there is a need for heroes. An idealistic hero is best known as the Shakespearean tragic hero. A tragic hero has goals involving choices and be a man of great and admirable stature. During 44 BC, Julius Caesar ruled the Roman Republic into the powerful Roman Empire. Before Caesar’s rule, he left Rome for military services, and returned to rule Rome. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the character Brutus is a tragic hero possessing the flaw of pride leading to his downfall.…
Without me Antony wishes Rome to fall into chaos. People being murdered in the streets imagine a man being ripped limb from limb by his family. That is the Rome he craves and desires. He is a sheep without…
Under his control, Rome went through a rough Civil War due to estate values collapsing. Rome also went through a shortage of coinage. Rome was so far in debt that Caesar himself had to turn it around and fix it. Caesar enforced a law stating that each person living in Rome had to repay for their property after the war and were only allowed to have a certain amount of money at any given time. began designing building projects for Rome to rebuild the city and constructed the senate house. Although some people think of this as him doing something good for Rome, but the people that lived there disagreed. He used all the people's money to fix what he broke. He was more unfair to the people of Rome that he was portrayed to be.…
Yesterday, at Caesar’s funeral, Mark Antony delivered a seemingly harmless speech to his dear friend Caesar after the conspirators had allowed him to. Antony’s funeral speech may not have sounded abnormal to you, but we noticed various techniques that he used to manipulate the crowd. His speech has gotten many of the citizens of Rome to feel disgust and hate for the conspirators, and they are now taking violent actions. The citizens shouldn’t be blamed however because Antony’s sneaky ways were the reason why he was able to turn the masses against the conspirators after just taking their side. In Antony’s persuasive speech he did a remarkable job of repeating key words in his speech that he wanted you to remember which helped his points stick…
While Antony defends Caesar against the charge of ambition, the same trait exists in him. In Act IV, Scene I, Antony casually agrees to sacrifice his nephew; his own blood. From this action, the reader infers how much he would give up in order to maintain his power in the triumvirate. In addition, in Act V, Scene I, Antony tries to assert Octavius’ authority by ordering him to lead the battle on the left hand of the field. Antony orders Octavius to take the army to the left side, but Octavius does not want to obey, Antony then questions Octavius asking, “Why do you cross me in this exigent?” Antony is asking for respect due to his power, though Octavius does not want to obey Antony, he does so anyway. Antony is just as ambitious as Caesar was, and is letting all the power he has go to his head, and control him. Mark Antony hungers for domination, which is dangerous for Rome because he will go to any length to achieve his objective.…
The people who betrayed him said they did it for the good of Rome. At the end of Antony's speech he says that he found a letter with Caesars seal. All of the people were shouting "The will, the will! We will hear Caesar’s will. " Antony wasn't sure to show them the letter, because it might make them angry towards the people that killed Caesar.…
Antony doesn't suggest the people adopt his judgments; instead he masterfully suggests they think back on their own past judgments. It's not just that Antony loved Caesar, but that the people did too. This is a masterful rhetorical move: Antony gets the crowd to come to the conclusion he wants them to without their realizing it.…
As a loyal friend, Mark Antony plans to search for revenge with the help from Octavius Caesar and stepped up to save Rome for Caesar. Antony steps into the scene right after the moment Caesar gets killed. He sees the conspirators with their swords and bloody hands. Antony gets this clever thought of pretending to be on the same side as then. Once he’s all alone with Caesar’s dead body, he speaks truthfully. On act 3, scene 1, he says, “ All pity choked with custom of fell deeds; And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge…” His speech shows how much hatred he has with the men and hints what he intends to do about the murder. On the other hand, Antony just might not be the loyal friend he seems to be to the public. He must’ve had his own intentions.…
Antony comes to speak in front of the Roman people. He does not blame anybody. He says his main aim is not to praise Caesar but to bury him. He starts politely.…