play Julius Caesar. Mark Antony‚ one of the few who understands how to command‚ is a loyal friend who is gifted with the ability to use rhetorics‚ and is able to appeal to people’s hearts. While Brutus uses force and facts‚ Antony is able to lift others up while conspiring against them. It is a skill that comes into play later in the tragedy when Caesar is killed Antony takes it into his own hands to get even with the conspirators. By being able to command respect Antony is able to turn the throng
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and doesn’t seem to be concerned with personal gain. Yet for all of Brutus’s good qualities‚ his troubles stem from his decision to murder a man and his misjudgment about the consequences. Brutus’s honor convinces him that they shouldn’t dispose of Antony when the other men want to‚ and his trust in Antony’s honor leads him to believe Antony’s funeral speech will not be an invitation to riot. His final words are most telling – he doesn’t die just to avenge Caesar‚ but instead leaves a complicated legacy:
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Already having decided what to do‚ Brutus quickly becomes the leader of the assassination plans. The men decide how and when to execute their plan and to spare Caesar’s right hand man‚ Antony‚ in the process. Not everyone was in agreement with the latter‚ but Brutus said that if they were to take both lives their “course would seem too bloody” (II.i.169). The men had enough trust in Brutus’s judgment to coincide. With everything set‚ the
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Rhetorical Analysis of Antony’s Speech In Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony is given the opportunity to speak at Caesar’s funeral by the conspirators the murdered him. Through his words‚ Antony seeks to cause dissent and let mischief reign over his audience‚ the plebeians of Rome. Antony uses rhetorical questioning to provoke the crowd into a fit of rage over Brutus’ words. Antony disguises his true intents in his speech‚ putting him at a moral high ground over Brutus. He finally uses ambiguous meanings
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assassinated shortly thereafter‚ and his paramour returns to Egypt. When Mark Antony‚ Caesar’s protege‚ beholds Cleopatra aboard her barque at Tarsus some years later‚ he is smitten and becomes both her lover and military ally. Their liaison notwithstanding‚ Antony‚ to consolidate his position in Rome‚ marries Octavia‚ sister of the ambitious Octavian. The marriage satisfies no one: Cleopatra is infuriated‚ and Antony‚ tiring of his Roman wife‚ returns to Egypt. There he flaunts his liaison by marrying
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Julius Caesar Persuasion Essay Soon after the last breaths of one of Rome’s most popular general‚ Julius Caesar‚ Antony and Brutus were speaking in front of the people of Rome. Both cunning leaders were nimble in the art of persuasion and manipulation. The beloved leaders used the Ethos‚ Pathos‚ and Logos methods of persuasion to sway the crowd to his respective view of the actions of the night and their former general Julius Caesar. Initially the power ethos was used by Brutus to affect the
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Caesar‚ Mark Antony is a perfect example of a good leader. Not only is he a confident and noble person‚ he is also persuasive and that helps in becoming a good leader. Antony would be a good leader of Rome because he is confident‚ noble‚ and persuasive. He never changes his mind when he makes a decision and that is good in a leader. When the triumvirate was making a list of people to kill‚ Antony came across the name of his nephew. Even though it was his nephew that he was killing‚ Antony said‚ "He
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In February 44 BC. Julius Caesar has just reentered Rome in triumph after a victory in Spain over the sons of his old enemy‚ Pompey the Great. During the celebration it was interrupted and broken up by Flavius and Marullus‚ two political enemies of Caesar. It soon becomes apparent their words are powerful and secret forces are working against Caesar. Caesar appears‚ attended by the train of friends and supporters‚ and is warned by a soothsayer to "beware the ides of March‚" but Caesar ignores the
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In Act 5 Scene 2 Lines 82-92‚ after the death scene of Antony‚ Cleopatra reminiscences about Antony and begins to describe his appearance and the powerful persona that he carried as a man‚ lover and soldier of Rome. Cleopatra’s description of Antony portrays an image to the readers of what Antony looked like and was viewed as being personality-wise. “His legs bestrid the ocean; his reared arm/ crested the world: his voice was propertied/ as all the tuned spheres‚ and that to friends;/ but when
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Act III‚ scene ii‚ lines 164-192 of Julius Caesar displays how easily Antony can persuade a crowd against Brutus and Cassius. Mark Antony really relates to the Roman people and sarcastically compliments the conspirators with the intentions of infuriating the crowd. This particular scene takes place right after the murder of Caesar in the capital by the conspirators. After Brutus explained why Caesar had to die he let Antony speak to the crowd after him and left. This eventually will be one of Brutus’s
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