Mark Antony: Rome's Best Leader

Unlike the common view of leaders, the potential leaders of Julius Caesar are not necessarily nice or giving. However, sometimes that is necessary. In the play Julius Caesar, a long tale of leadership shows the true qualities of the greatest leaders. Where the reader finds themselves started is at the point which Antony and Caesar, the overconfident leader of Rome, are discussing people around them. This discussion boils to a point in which Antony and Caesar discuss the possibility of Cassius being a threat to Caesar. Later, readers find Cassius is indeed a threat, as he and multiple others, including Brutus, stab Caesar to death. Antony then brings Caesar’s body to the multitude, and with a great speech inspires a hatred for those who wrongfully stabbed him. At the next point Antony is seen, he and Octavius are the new rulers of Rome. These two comrades go and finally eliminate the last of the traitors, Cassius and Brutus, in a battle that cements the two as the new leaders of Rome. Throughout all these actions, one man particularly showed that he should control the Roman Empire. Antony was created to be Rome’s leader in Julius Caesar, where William Shakespeare gave him inspirational abilities, persuasiveness, and fearlessness which are unparalleled.

Many people know that Julius Caesar was betrayed and killed by many people who he had thought to be his friends. Some less common knowledge is that he did still have friends and others who stayed loyal to him. One man named Mark Antony was the most loyal of them all, even after Caesar’s death. When he found out Caesar had been killed, he began plotting to get on the traitor’s good sides and make it seem as if he had joined them so that he could convince the citizens to fight against them with him. He deceived the traitors and convinced them to let him speak at Caesar’s funeral, and in this speech he turned the citizens against them using very powerful rhetorical skills. After he had drove the traitors from the city, he took control of the city and led them to victory in a war against the conspirator’s armies. These are three telling examples that prove Antony’s skill and potential as a leader.

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

Julius Caesar was a good man, beloved by his country. He was a good ruler and had expanded Rome by a lot. He made himself the dictator for life. He died at the hands of his fellow senators, and one of his best friends Brutus. Mark Antony, a son like figure to Caesar, will be taking charge of Rome. He will be missed by all, long live the great Julius

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.

Mark Antony was one of Caesars greatest friends, that he could always count on even after he is brutally murdered. At his funeral he proves many points with just one speech. He get an uproar of anger and pride from the Roman people as he delivers his speech.

Mark Antony, speaking at Julius Caesar's funeral, attempts to undermine the conspirators that killed Caesar and convince the belligerent crowd of Caesar's innocence. Antony appeals to the Roman citizens' senses of ethos, pathos, and logos to disprove Brutus', Cassius' and the other killers' innocence. Antony fights to secure justice for Caesar as he condemns the conspirators to the consequences of the crowd's newfound anger.

Julius Caesar’s, one of the main leaders of Ancient Rome, reign was short lived because some of his fellow leaders, including his best friend, Brutus, murdered him. Mark Antony, a Roman politician, general, and ally of this leader, gives a speech at his funeral in William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. Antony’s purpose is to convince the people of Rome that Brutus and his men wrongfully murdered Caesar. He adopts a sarcastic and snarky tone in order to convince the public that Brutus and his “honorable men” are not the noble, just people that they call themselves. Mark Antony delivers a speech at Julius Caesar’s funeral to persuade his audience that Brutus and his men unjustifiably murdered Caesar.

Shakti Gawain once said, "You create opportunities by asking for them." In Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” Mark Antony can be described as one who changes his approach to the conspirators and Caesar’s death, questioning his trust. A ruthless opportunist can be described as one who adjusts his values in a certain situation for a certain purpose, uses others for his gain, and does not consider the principles or consequences. Whether it was his persuasion or his passion, Antony knew how to win a crowd and how to manipulate those involved in Caesar’s death such as the conspirators for his own purpose: to gain power. Mark Antony, therefore, can be described as a ruthless opportunist, seeking whatever it may be that will grant him power from the death of Julius 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.

The least honorable man in this story is Mark Antony because he acts like he’s on Cassius and the other guys side when in reality he is hurt by Caesar's death. When the men left the room Antony was ready for revenge that moment. Mark Antony seems like the trader type of person. If your friend is lying dead and his killers are right there in your face, what would you do? Obviously he doesn’t react how others think he should.

After Caesar’s assassination, Marc Antony becomes corrupted by power when the people of Rome turn to him in desperation. After Caesar died, there were two very likely leaders: Antony and Brutus. However, after Brutus was villainized by Antony at Caesar’s

I am happy to be here today. Mark Antony should be the ruler of Rome because he is loyal. Mark Antony is not a traitor. He has been loyal to caesar even after his death and he can be loyal to you as well if you remain loyal to him for loyalty is everything. He will make sure that the unequal treatment between the rich and the poor no longer exists in this country (pathos) .When Mark Antony makes a decision he never changes his mind and that is one of the qualities of a good leader.

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

The assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar was a monumental moment in history. Gaius Julius Caesar played a substantial part in the life Mark Antony and vice versa. The impact that Caesar’s death had on Mark Antony was extensive because he had served under Caesar for many years during many wars and campaigns, he was at the senate the day of Caesar’s death, proceeding Caesar’s death Antony also became an even more powerful political figure in Rome, and eventually united with Caesar’s former lover Cleopatra as the governor of Egypt.