Paying Mark Antony's Money To Fund His Army

No one knew where the money went, but Octavius was able to use this money to build troops to fight Mark Antony, who was a vital enemy of the Roman Senate and was not prosecuted for the taking of public funds. After building his troops and uniting Caesars experienced army with his own, Octavius was able to gain trust and notoriety. Antony had lost trust from leaders and the Roman public when he refused to support the rising of Caesar to divine status. In the face of Octavian's large and capable force, Antony saw the danger of staying in Rome and, to the relief of the Senate, he fled to Cisalpine Gaul, which was to be handed to him on 1 January 43 B.C.E. At the urging of Cicero, the Senate inducted Octavian as a senator on 1 January 43 BC, yet he also was given the power to vote alongside the former

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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.

Humanity has become the most dominant species on Earth due to our high intelligence and communication skills but our communication can also be used to easily manipulate and convince. This manipulation is shown when, Mark Antony delivered a deeply passionate and articulate speech at Caesar’s funeral, altering the political dynamics of the Rome in William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. Antony uses his words to influence the Roman people. He effectively uses rhetorical devices to prove his point and gain the support of the citizens. Antony also uses the rhetorical device of Pathos to invoke emotion in the crowd and Ethos to use Brutus’ and the conspirator’s reputation against them.

Both Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus are great at using people’s emotions to grab their attention. In Brutus’s speech, he used the feeling of slavery: “Would you rather have Caesar alive and all die slaves, than Caesar dead to all live free men?” Nobody wants to be a slave and would feel angry if they were. Brutus is using this feeling to make it sound like Caesar would have made them all into slaves but because he is dead, they are all free. If one thinks about it some more, the people were like slaves under Caesar’s power. They weren’t free to do as they liked due to the fact that if it upset Caesar, you’d be executed. After Caesar was dead, the people were free to do as they pleased. Brutus used the emotion of anger to show that he killed Caesar so the people could be free of his controlling power.

In his speech Antony asks, “ Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?”(Shakespeare. 3.2.18). Antony asks the people whether or not Caesar and Brutus’ definition of ambition are the same. He allows the audience to decide who was the real ambitious man in the situation and whether or not that man’s ambition was used for the good of the people. Antony questions the people, “You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?” (Shakespeare. 3.2.30-31). Antony tells the people that they all loved Caesar and now, after his murdered, they do not grieve for their leader. His real question in this quote is why the people allow the conspirators to feed them lies about Caesar and then turn their back on him after his death. Mark Antony’s questions in his speech allow the people to question themselves about the things they believed about Caesar and the

Firstly, Mark Antony uses ethical appeal to establish himself as an honorable individual among the plebeians. In the play, Mark Antony opens his speech by saying “Friends, Romans,

The final reason behind Mark Antony’s motivation is that he wanted to avenge Caesar’s death. When Caesar was assassinated, Mark Antony was not there by him, but he returned later to find Caesar dead. He said if the conspirators want to kill him then he wants to die by Caesar. He supposedly sides with the conspirators but when left alone with Caesar’s body Antony reveals his true feelings about Caesar’s death. “Oh, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! / Thou art the ruins of the noblest man / That ever lived in the tide of times. / Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!” (III.i.256-260). Mark Antony is apologizing that he is siding with the conspirators for some time. Though this helps Mark Antony be able to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Later after his speech the crowd is ready to avenge Caesar’s death thanks to Antony the crowd agrees that “Most noble Caesar! We’ll avenge his death.” (III.ii.244). Later when Mark Antony sees that he has convinced the crowd to kill the conspirators and avenge Caesar’s death he with a crooked grin says “Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot. / Take thou what course thou wilt.” (III.ii.260-261). Mark Antony is satisfied that the conspirators will die and Caesar’s death shall be avenged.

Mark Antony says, “Yet Brutus says he [Caesar] was ambitious.” This quote was used a grand total of three times in act 1 scene 2 on lines 95, 107, and 102. This excerpt is used to show that Caesar was not determined to take the crown and rule Rome. Each time this quote was used, Antony gave examples of how Caesar really wasn’t ambitious, such as when he says, “I thrice presented him the kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse” (3.2.105-106). This quote shows that if Caesar really was ambitious, then he would have taken the crown and become king, but instead he refused. Not only did he refuse once, but three times. These examples shows many examples as to why Caesar was not ambitious did not want to be king. Antony repeats the phrase, “And Brutus is an honorable man.” This quote was repeated in act one scene two in lines 96, 103, and 108. Each time this quote is said, Antony had recently described why Brutus is honorable, such as when he says, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome” (3.2.97). This quote paints Brutus as a hero for bringing Roman people held in foreign lands home. The quote also brings to question Brutus’s own motives, questioning if he performed these gallant acts because he himself is ambitious. The quote also questions why Brutus conspired against his best friend if he is so honorable. Antony talks a lot about “Honorable men” or “Honorable man.” He uses the quotes for a collective total of seven times. The quotes are used in act one scene two in lines 91, 92, 103, 108, 136, 149, 163. Antony was given a set of specific rules before giving his speech, one of which was that he can not talk bad about the conspirators. Antony uses the word honorable to make it seem as though the truthful and possibly bad things he says about the conspirators was not as bad since they were still honorable, but none the less, Antony got

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The Triumvirate stealing from the public’s fortune shows their lack of morals and concern for Rome. Before the war against the conspirators started, Mark Antony commanded Lepidus to “fetch the will” (4.1.11) in order to see how they would “cut some charge in legacies” (4.1.12). Some may say Antony took the money to help protect the people of Rome. However, Mark Antony used the poor, naive, confused public to ensure he got revenge on Brutus and the conspirators. Antony sparked the fire to start this war in order to get revenge and will use the people’s money to get revenge, not to protect.

Antony’s hunger for power is revealed during his conversation with Octavius about Lepidus and his plans to take over Rome. Although he may have once been thought of as a noble and caring individual, there is a hidden side of him where he respects certain people and secretly denounces the rest. During the conversation with Octavius, he speaks of Lepidus as a “creature that I teach to fight, To win, to stop, to run directly on” (4.1.31-32). Antony persuades himself that Lepidus is just a resource that can be used to further his own personal motives and bring himself to power. Once this purpose has been met, Antony plans to rid of him so he can hold more power, which he justifies by framing Lepidus as a “slight unmeritable man” (4.1.12), one that feeds on “objects, arts and imitations” (4.1.37).

On a slightly different note, Antony later expresses an opinion that causes the reader to question the validity of his earlier statements. “This is a slight unmeritable man, / meant to be sent on errands” (JC 4.1.13-14). While speaking directly to Lepidus, Antony seems to be remotely kind and friendly. However, once Lepidus leaves the room to complete Antony’s requests, Antony complains about him endlessly to Octavius... If he is capable of being that secretive of his true opinions about Lepidus, who is to say that he is not doing something of a similar manner whilst speaking of Julius Caesar? How can he be sure that his cover, word and plot manipulation, will keep everybody happy forever? There seems to be no one-hundred percent certainty that Mark Antony is truly a whole, good, and honest man.

A philosopher named Confucius founded Confucianism in China 2,500 years ago. Confucianism is a system of ethical behavior and social responsibility that became the great traditions of the East.1 It played an important role in the evolution in Chinese culture over the centuries. It has influenced near-by countries and had made a mark in the history of religion. There are today over six million people who call themselves Confucianists. Most Confucianists live in East Asia where Confucianism is thought to be born. For over two thousand years, Confucianism has been the dominant philosophical system of Chinese government, which has still a great hold on their people. Because Chinese culture has spread to the counties of