Mark Antony: A Resilient And Persuasive Man

       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

Mark Antony, in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, was a brave, intelligent, pleasure-loving, and cunning man. He was loyal to his friend, Caesar, whom he considered a true friend. He looked at life as a game in which he had a signified part to play, and played that part with excellent refinement and skill.

As my mom and I strolled down to Blaze Pizza, in Fashion Island, something felt strange. My purse felt lighter, I didn't feel vibrating, the swooshing sound of my e-mail was inaudible. That's when I realized that my phone was still "shopping" at Brooks Brothers. As we hurried there, we were stopped by a kiosk spokesperson selling SmoothStyle, which was supposedly the "best in all of California". They, purposely, stopped us to tell us to try the new SmoothStyle serum. After, benignly, saying,"No thank you!" We were still stopped and we were told to have a seat for a free haircut. My mom and I discussed the situation in the car. We noticed that you can't force to make a point. A persuasive appeal needs to be made with three main points, a connection

Antony did not have such an elite status in his play up until Caesar died, but many peasants called Antony noble throughout Julius Caesar. For example, they said, "There's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony," (Shakespeare 3.2.114). Thus, Antony was considered noble even by the common man. His noble reputation was further established by his devout commitment to Caesar. Antony's loyalty to Caesar is first made apparent when he offers Caesar the crown. Casca exclaimed, "I saw Mark Antony offer him a crown," (Shakespeare 1.2.236-237) which is a simple gesture with a powerful message. It shows the people that Antony is no foe to Caesar and wishes to see his friend succeed as leader. No jealousy or scheme to overthrow Caesar was hinted at by Antony. Moreover, he vouched to die when Caesar did: "I shall not find myself so apt to die; No place will please me

Marc Antony is known in the play as the right hand man of Julius Caesar. After the death of Caesar, Antony is outraged and sad about the death of his dear friend. He wants revenge with the conspirators for what they have done. He asks Brutus, knowing he is an honorable

When Shakespear wrote the play “The tragedy of Julius Caesar ” he wrote about a lot of honorable and ambitous men. I will be expressing my feelings about how I believe that Mark Antony is a very honorable men, and I believe Brutus is a very corrupt man.

Prior to Caesar’s death Mark Antony was his staff officer and later co-consul, serving as a great ally to Caesar in life and a kind of okay friend in death. During his life Mark Antony was a politician and general, serving as a tribune in the senate, a co-consul with Caesar, and then part of the triumvirate with Octavian. However, Mark did some shadier things throughout his later life such as his affair. It is inarguable with all of the things he did that he played a large part in Rome’s transition from republic to empire. One of the first things that set the stage for the rest of his life though is his working with Caesar.

Antony repeats the word “honorable” several times in his speech. He is doing this in order to emphasize Brutus’ honorability, and make the citizens question it. Antony also repeats the word “ambitious” a signifacant amount of times. Through the repition of “ambitious”, Antony mocks Brutus trying to justify his actions by saying that Caesar was too ambitious. Every time he was that word, he describes an honorable trait of Caesar that contradicts Brutus’ accusation. For example, he mentions that Caesar refused the crown three times , and asks the citizens whether if that would be considered ambitious. “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me,”[He weeps](Shakspeare, III,ii 116-117). Antony uses pathos to draw emotions out of the citizens. This quote emphasizes how many Antony loved Caesar, and the sadness he is feeling now that he is dead. Antony’s grief makes the people of Rome sympathetic to him, which leads to them

The lust of power is intoxicating and dangerous as it is seductive and on March 15, 44 BC, Mark Antony found out how dangerous power was. With the death of Caesar, chaos ensued and people tried to make their way into positions of power and Mark Antony was one of them. I believe that Mark Antony was motivated by his lust for power for three reasons: he is a politician, the temptation, and his skills as an orator.

Mark Antony was also a good friend to Caesar, instead of conspiring against Caesar he believed that Caesar was never tyrant. At the same time he did not stop the conspirators when they killed Caesar, because he wanted Caesar's throne.

Mark Antony was a Roman General and Statesman that was always following orders from Caesar. Antony was extremely loyal to Caesar doing whatever he asked of him. Being Caesar’s second hand man wouldn’t be too bad of a gig for just any man, but all day everyday being just someone’s sidekick it would be understandable to be enraged, but somehow he wasn't. Antony was extremely loyal to Caesar, for instance Mark Antony replies to Caesar by saying “So to most noble Caesar” (II.ii.1104)) after just making a simple statement and he defends him long after his death while speaking at his funeral. Antony and Julius went through many hardships together in their first years together which is probably why they became so close. In 46 BC Caesar wanted Antony to pay for the property that he stole after the battle against the Pompeians. For a while it was thought that the property had been paid for but it had actually been stolen. This caused a disagreement between the two and Antony was so enraged that he killed many civilians in Rome for no apparent reason which forced Caesar to remove Antony

Persuasion is often more effectual than force” (Aesop). Nearly 600 years before the assassination of Julius Caesar, the famous Greek fabulist Aesop knew the power of persuading others. From then until now, persuasion is a huge part of everyday life. Examples of persuasion include advertisements incall forms of media: books, billboards, and especially speeches. One of the most celebrated speeches in literary history is the one given by Mark Antony at the funeral of Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare’s

The tragic and untimely death of Julius Caesar, a condemned Roman tyrant, triggered William Shakespeare's creativity. In his play Julius Caesar Shakespeare writes of the treacherous conspirators, Marcus Brutus and Caius Cassius, and their plans to assassinate their Roman leader, Julius Caesar. The story continues to explain how Caesar's loyal friend, Marc Antony, helps avenge the brutal murder. After Antony receives soldiers to fight his battle, his character begins to change. The  fair and faithful Marc Antony transforms to a darker and more deceitful character. Marc Antony is not suitable to rule Rome because he holds a grand desire of great power, his conceit

Mark Antony’s funeral speech incorporates the rhetorical devices of sarcasm, irony, and repetition to turn the people of Rome. The ironic use of repetition slowly displaced the conspirators. To exemplify, Mark Antony repeatedly calls the conspirators, “ honorable men” (3.2.79). The habit of repeating the word ‘honorable’ is extremely sarcastic, and Antony is purposefully overusing the word on account that it makes the citizens question the legitimacy of the murder. As a result, the crowd wonders if the conspirators are allowed to get away with the crime solely based on

There have been several people in history that have shown great leadership, but Antony’s skill in leadership is unparalleled. Antony has even used his power of language to turn a whole crowd of people against those who were believed to be righteous. Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar has shown the reader that by using rhetoric carefully, characters like Antony can become great leaders. Overall since Antony is able to bring out the full extent of his words he is able to heavily influence others. Antony is always trying to find ways to help his community and, Antony is focused on ideas which is supported by facts, precedents, and experience rather than distractions, misdirections, and insults. Julius Caesar and Antony were close friends and had a close relationship and, once Caesar was assassinated Antony was forced to not praise him at the funeral. Although Antony is clever enough with his words to make the crowd see how great Caesar was without praising him. Although some may see Brutus as a great leader, Antony can bring out the fullest potential in his words and in return can cause others to shift opinions in just a handful of sentences.