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. Marc Antony says in Act 3 Scene 2 on pg. 135 “ You all saw that on the Feast of Lupercal I presented him a kingly crown, three times: three times he turned it down.” showing that Caesar was not full of himself and he was a good man and shows that he …show more content…
He tells them that he did it because Caesar was ambitious and for the good of Rome. The crowd is into what he says. They call him “noble Brutus” (III, ii, 11) and even say on the next page “let Brutus be Caesar” (III, ii, 47) just like they had said about Marc Antony. In the end there was something different with Marc Antony's speech that put him over the top, and it was that he lead the crowd towards rioting. As stated earlier in the paper the crowd wanted to kill Brutus and burn his house and all this bad stuff to do to him and the conspirators but, none of that was said about Marc Antony during Brutus’s
In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, although Marc Antony is allowed to make a speech at Caesar's funeral, he must not speak ill of either the conspirators or Caesar. Antony was infuriated with Caesar's assassination, and wants to seek revenge on his killers as well as gain power for himself in Rome's government. He must persuade the crowd that has gathered that Caesar's murder was unjust, and turn them against Brutus and Cassius. He tries to stir his listeners' anger, rousing them into action and yet say nothing bad about his enemies. Marc Antony uses several persuasive devices in his speech, which allows him to successfully convince the citizens of Rome to turn
Antony says, “ He was my friend, faithful and just to me, (III, ii, 93).” This shows Antony had a close charitable relationship with Caesar, it also shows the crowd he was not such a selfish / ambitious person as Brutus claims. Antony continues with saying, “ When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept, (III, ii, 99).” Antony shows the people how genuine Caesar was and how deceitful Brutus is. Also revealing how ruthless the conspirators are. With an engrossed crowd, Antony says, “ You all did love him once, not without cause, (III, ii, 110).” People truly valued Caesar, this shows the crowd that what Brutus said, was to turn the people against Caesar. Antony uses pathos to show the people that Caesar was a positive influence and he was viciously
He wished the people to feel patriotic so they would agree with him. Brutus declared why he committed the “honorable” act, saying,”Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”(III.ii.L21-22). He said this to appear as a protector of Rome. Antony wanted the public to love Caesar and feel sorrow from his murder. He sparked this when he said, “He was my friend, faithful and just to me.”(III.ii.L86). Brutus raised up the people to make them feel more important, he told them, “Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may the better judge.”(III.ii.L16-17). This made the public out to be smart enough to know what Brutus did was right and just. To compel the public to realization, though, Antony asked them, “You all did love him once, not without cause: what cause withholds you then, to mourn him?”(III.ii.L103-104. Antony asked the people why they stopped loving Caesar when they, before he was murdered, had every logical reason to praise
Brutus gets the crowd to listen to him and does not want him to die making them forget about Caesar make them not pay attention to Caesar. It is often argued that Brutus’s speech was more effective it is true he has a good speech but the opposing views claims Antony’s speech was more effective. Brutus did not get the crowd to riot how Antony’s speech does,and he did not make the connection to Caesar. Antony’s speech caused riots and made connections to Caesar so the crowd would love him like they did with Caesar.
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.
for him I have offended. I pause for a reply", which of course gets no
Brutus's speech was ineffective in giving them reasons for Caesar's ambition. This gave Antony a large gap to turn the people against Brutus. Brutus told the people to believe him for his honor , and to respect him for his honor, so that they may believe. He is telling them to believe him for his honor and not for the reasons he gives. Brutus repeated many times that Caesar was ambitious but never once said how or why. This left the people with a question in their mind.
During his speech he asks,”I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?”( lll.ii.24-25). Then he answers his own question by saying,” Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know.”(lll.ii.23-29). Antony uses this rhetorical question to make the people question Brutus and his honesty, although he states this isn’t his intention. If Caesar was really so power hungry, then why did he refuse the crown? This is the question he wants the listeners to think about. He is trying to make Brutus sound selfish while also protecting
Brutus was the one to assassinate Caesar, so the majority of his speech after Caesar's death was defending his actions. He claimed that Caesar was power hungry and would have made the people of Rome into "slaves". He says that he loved Caesar and that it was "not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more". This is an appeal to the logical side of the crowd, because all people value self preservation. His speech is also told in prose, which is unique. Brutus was Caesar's friend, which made his actions seem even more heinous to the crowd. The appeals that Brutus tried to use
In the play, Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a lot of things tragic things happened. Cassius was jealous of Caesar becoming king. Cassius didn’t want Caesar to be king because, he thought he was too weak and was just the same as everyone else. Because of his jealousy, he persuaded Brutus that he could be a better king than Caesar. Brutus thought he needed to kill Caesar for the better of Rome. He also thought that Caesar was too ambitious and prideful of his power. Brutus thought Caesar was going to use power wrongfully and make bad decisions. All of the conspirators helped him. Antony watched them kill Caesar, and was very upset. At the funeral Brutus and Antony spoke.
Furthermore, they try to convince the public that they do not have interest in acquiring power (Velz 55). In particular, Brutus, a great friend to Caesar gives an oration to defend his action. For some few hours, the crowd is willing to attentively listen to him. In the middle of Brutus speech, Mark Antony begins to say his version of thoughts regarding the death of Caesar. To elaborate, Antony produces an eloquent and subtle speech about the death of Caesar.
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a controversial play written by Shakespeare in 1599 which depicts the conflicts in the time of Caesar. The play is centered on the growing problem of Caesar becoming too powerful for Rome. The young Senator, Brutus, has to make the difficult decision to either oppose Caesar or to trust him and his vision for Rome. Ultimately, Brutus is persuaded by the Senator Cassius and together they gather a group of Senators with the plan to assassinate Caesar. After the murder, Brutus calls upon Antony, and tells him he may only speak at Caesar's funeral if he speaks positively of the conspirators. Antony falsely agrees. After Brutus gives his speech to the people of Rome, everyone in the crowd believes that Caesar was
In the play, it was said that Caesar refused the crown that was offered three times by Mark Antony. Caesar would not except the crown, however, each time was harder and harder for him to refuse, presenting Caesar with a craving for power.
During the third act after the assassination Brutus made a speech to the people explaining his reasons for the assassination believing he had made his point and was able to help the citizens understand and agree with him. He left believing he had pleased the people with his actions. Not realizing he had only touch the citizens emotionally and not pushed them to reason what the conspirators had done. Underestimating Antony as an opponent, Brutus has him give a speech following his, where then Antony takes over the discussion and leads the people against Brutus and