Analysis Of Julius Caesar Act 4

Additionally, Shakespeare depicts Marc Antony as an overall loyal and devoted person that is always there for Caesar when needed. He is often displayed as a “suck-up” that has no backbone- someone who simply cannot stand on their own and even express their own thoughts all because of their loyalty to another. This is accurate when Antony himself says to Caesar, “When Caesar says “Do this,” it is perform’d,” ( JC 1.2.13). Antony’s full approach toward can be mostly summed up by just that one statement. By expressing this to Caesar, it is evident to readers that Antony has strong devotion toward Caesar. On the contrary, it is also evident that Antony is just as loyal to himself as he is to Caesar. If Antony has really only ever been loyal to Caesar,

In Act II of the play, Julius Caesar, the character says “ You came just in time to convey my greetings to the senators and to tell them that I will not come today” (II, ii, 60-61). Caesar says this to Decius and commands him to go tell this to the senate. Caesar is not going to the senate, even though he knows its because they want to crown him king. He is not going because his wife has had terrible dreams about it but Decius talks him into going anyway. Caesar ends up getting killed at the senate by the conspirators, who are the group of men who want Caesar dead. The lead man in the group, Brutus, is one of Caesar’s close friends and Caesar is heartbroken when he turns and Brutus puts the final dagger into his side. Marc Antony is Caesar's right hand man and he is very upset and angry about Caesar's death. Marc Antony and Brutus both give speeches at Caesar’s funeral about their sides of the story. Marc Antony gave a more outstanding speech compared to the one Brutus gave and he gained the most followers from it.

Julius Caesar, a tale of a great leader that was evidently taken down in the worst way. Julius Caesar was one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays; showing how a leader should present himself, and his people. It really is magnificent; except, Julius Caesar does have a dark side. Friends that Caesar trusted, with Brutus as the leader, stabbed Caesar to death and bathed in his blood. They went on to make sure that Caesar was determined, as Brutus says, “ambitious” (III.ii.24). Though, this play is not all sadness and woes. Marc Antony, a great friend of Caesar’s, turned the tables on his unjust death. When he goes to give his eulogy, he uses pathos, logos, and ethos, to persuade the people. By using these rhetorical strategies, he was able

William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, is generally focused on the assassination of Julius Caesar. Caesar valued Rome highly and did not have any intentions of abusing personal power. On the other hand, Brutus and Cassius craved power and their way of pursuing it was to assassinate Caesar. Moreover, Brutus feared that Caesar would rule as a tyrant which, he thought, would not be best for Rome. Brutus supposedly foresaw that Caesar would rule, but not with the desire to treat his people fairly.

Antony states, “Caesar was my friend, he was faithful and just to me,” with much emotion although he is forced by the conspirators to say, “But Brutus says Caesar was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man,” multiple times because the conspirators fear the people of Rome will dislike them for killing Caesar (Shakespeare 3.2.84-86). Antony is Caesar's friend not an acquaintance; therefore, he is not a contributor to the conspirator’s reasoning for killing his friend, Caesar, and does not really mean what he says about

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Shakespeare’s complex play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar contains several tragic heroes; a tragic hero holds high political or social esteem yet possesses an obvious character flaw. This discernible hubris undoubtedly causes the character’s demise or a severe forfeiture, which forces the character to undergo an unfeigned moment of enlightenment and shear reconciliation. Brutus, one of these tragic heroes, is a devout friend of the great Julius Caesar, that is, until he makes many execrable decisions he will soon regret; he becomes involved in a plot to kill the omniscient ruler of Rome during 44 B.C. After committing the crime, Mark Antony, an avid, passionate follower of Caesar, is left alive under Brutus’s orders to take his revenge on

To begin, Mark Antony's speech made so many people weep and cry. As Mark Antony tells everyone to not hold back from crying because this it was a painful lost. Act III. scene ii “ He was my friend, faithful and just to me, But Brutus is an honorable man.” As Mark Antony speaks, he tries to tell the people that it was Brutus who had killed Caesar. Act III scene ii “ I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse.

Close your eyes, image be warned about your death and then being killed by your so called best friend. Out of nowhere, everyone that you thought loved you, immediately turned on you after you died. Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, is about a selfish king who rules Rome and ends up getting killed by the people he thought loved him. The main characters of the story are Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus, Marc Antony. The central problem to the story is loyalty because people are manipulative and unkind to each other. The conspirators are justified in assassinating Caesar because he does not care for the well being of the common people, the common people will follow who ever they think is the best because they are naive, and everyone wanted Caesar assassinated in the first place.

Therefore, Antony is trying to prove that once the conspirators are in his sights, no one is getting out alive. While Marc Antony is giving his speech to the common people trying to persuade them that the conspirators are in the wrong: “In every wound of Caesar that should move the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny” (131). From this moment every action that Antony does will in turn affect the stability of Brutus’ physical and mental well being. Also, Brutus does not realize how close Caesar and Antony are, which can only lead to his demise because Antony is trying to kill him and he does not realize it. During Antony’s speech, to persuade the common people, he walks over to Caesar’s body to show the people all the wounds: “Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us” (129). Antony is exaggerating, in a light hearted way, the fact that Brutus stabbed Caesar; for the conspirators told

(3.2.96-97) Antony tells the crowd that Brutus believed Caesar was ambitious and Brutus is a trustworthy man. By doing this, Antony is leaving the crowd questioning if they believe Brutus or not. Then, Antony showed the crowd deceased Caesar and his wounds. He pointed to each wound and would label it with the name of an individual conspirator to make the experience more personal and heart wrenching.

Brutus allows for Caesar’s good deeds to be buried, while Antony tries to bring them back to life. Antony mentions: “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff” (III.ii.89-93). Though Antony is successful in his persuasion, the audience is never allowed to forget the conspirator’s outlook on the ordeal, and they are heavily influenced by dramatic irony (Crowther, Crystal).

After Brutus finishes his speech, Antony speaks about his opinion on the issue; unlike Brutus, Antony acts slyly and communicates a very manipulative tone to persuade the Romans to rebel. Because of Antony's use of parallelism, he creates vivid reasoning for his speech. He states, “ I come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III.ii.44). By using this device, he shows the people of Rome that he isn't praising Caesar, he is putting the leader to rest. This particular line creates a very manipulative tone, because his speech is all about what great this Caesar has done and how he wants to rebel against the conspirators. Further more, Antony uses a lot of irony to slyly get his point across. One example that he uses throughout the speech is “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is a honorable man” (III.ii.44). Because of the repitition of this ironic statement, the meaning of it changes and intensifies. At first, his tone was sincere, but as the speech progresses, you can see his sarcastic tone increases. Antony does this because he has to use this device to surpass the regulations of Brutus, as well as make the romans listen. Lastly, he uses personification to give life and further meaning to a word. Early in the speech, Antony says, “The evil

Brutus, Casca, and the others join in the plea. Their pleadings rise in intensity and suddenly,

Scene 1 of Act 3 begins with Caesar entering the Senate hall and being approached by Artemidorus to read a document or letter of his first because it concerns Caesar the most. Caesar tells Artemidorus that if the document concerns him, then he shall read it last, showing that he is a noble leader that does not put himself before his people. In this case though, Caesar not reading Artemidorus's document first dooms him. Another senator, Metellus, then approaches Caesar to fight the petition for the banishment of his brother but Caesar will not do it. He says that would be pardoning someone based on their family’s position, which would cause anger against him among the common people for pardoning those with connections.