The Assassination Of Marc Antony In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

In truth, Antony only wants to gain the conspirator’s trust to be able to defeat them through the citizens of Rome. We can easily see how Brutus was manipulated in this part of the story by the conspirators and Mark Antony. Brutus has great sense of honour and he thinks that others think the same way. It is this weakness in Brutus that makes him so easy to be manipulated.

       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

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

Antony and Cassius, unlike Brutus, never separate their private affairs from their public actions while Brutus tries to prove himself by acting only with respect to honor and virtue, completely ignoring his personal concerns. For example, Cassius disliked the fact that Caesar became “godlike” in the eyes of the Romans, so he leads Brutus to believe that Caesar had become too powerful and must die by sending him forged letters claiming that the Roman people support the death of Caesar, ultimately converting Brutus to his cause. At last Brutus ends up murdering his good friend in an act he truly believed was honorable. Marc Antony, who also shares in Cassius’ selfish trait, persuaded the conspirators that he is on their side, therefore gaining their leniency. He proceeds to persuade the plebeians of the conspirators’ injustice and gains support of the masses.

“The Assassination of Julius Caesar” by Michael Parenti goes into details about the events that lead up to the death of Caesar due to class conflicts. In 44 BC, the assassination of Julius Caesar was lead by conspiring members of the Roman senate who wanted to remove the dictator, who was increasingly acquiring power, and to revive the Republic government. Parenti's book protests against the gentlemen historians and the class society that they used to describe the assassination of Julius Caesar. His book also gives us insight about the Late Republic and takes us through the events that were presented in the actions of

Antony, another Julius Caesar character, employs three Machiavellian skills: using fickleness to his advantage,“...while you treat them well, they are yours” (Prince 3), and ruling by fear. Antony’s objective was revenge toward the conspirators for killing Caesar. Antony also successfully used the fickleness of the Roman people to his advantage. After Brutus explained why the conspirators had killed Caesar, the crowd was understanding and agreed with the conspirator’s actions. The Roman peasants are convinced; they even want Brutus as their new emperor, with better qualities than Caesar. The plebians say, “Caesar’s better parts / Shall be crowned in Brutus” (3.2.54-55). But the level of the masses’ support for Brutus did not deter Antony’s opinion of the wrongdoing of the conspirators. In Antony’s speech, he spoke both confidently and assertively, which led to Antony convincing the crowd to support his cause and fight against the conspirators. Additionally, in Machiavellian style, Antony understands the crowd’s perspective; they need praise to believe in Antony’s cause. Antony appeased the Roman masses when Antony

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

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.

Antony is good at manipulating people, thus causing them to believe whatever he says because of the way he says things and what he says. In Antony's speech he tells the common people about a will that is “not meant to read , and they would go kiss Caesar's wounds” (3, 2, 133). Antony is telling the people about Caesar's will that he will not read but the people of Rome would love. He manipulates the people and this is easy because of the way Antony's talks to the people. Antony's ways are a lot like Caesars manipulation to the people

Which character in the end of this tragedy drove the action more, Marcus Brutus or Julius Caesar? The story is titled The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, but is it really mainly about Caesar and his assassination? Throughout the whole play, Brutus was constantly battling internal and external conflicts. While dealing with those issues, he decided to join the conspiracy to save the Roman people. By joining the conspiracy, their plans were to kill the high and mighty Caesar.

In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marc Antony changes dramatically throughout the play. In the beginning of the play, he is very a very good friend of Caesar, and he watches out for him. Antony is very loyal to Caesar and makes him happy. The conspirators saw that Caesar was getting too much power, and they had to take him down, in order to keep the republic of Rome strong. After Caesar’s death, Antony becomes intelligent, angry, and strong.

There are many characters that are in Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar that are just as important to the play as Caesar himself. Two of those great men include Brutus and Mark Antony, both as friends or advisors to Caesar. Between the two characters, there are many similarities and differences that made them both influential characters in the play. Although neither of the characters achieved their ultimate goal, they both had influential characteristics that influenced the beginning, middle, and end of the play.

Mark Antony strikes a truce with the conspirators, asking to accompany Caesar's body and speak at his funeral. Brutus agrees, and at the funeral delivers a stirring oratory that explains the reasoning for the assassination. Through his masterful use of irony stirs the crowd—which to this point had been solidly behind the conspirators—to call for the blood of Cassius, Brutus, and anyone else associated with Caesar's death. Antony then plots with Octavius (nephew to Julius Caesar) and Lepidus to wrest control of Rome by force of arms. Their ruthlessness exterminates many of the original conspirators, as well as other perceived enemies.

Then he saw Brutus and he couldn't believe he was on in this . That when Antony was mad about the death of Caesar because he was the only true friend Julius had so he will get revenge on the conspirators who did that to him . Antony would prove to be a problem for the conspirators because he was clever on his actions and words towards them . He was a very good friend to Caesar even if the conspirators killed him . He was able to deceive Brutus and the other conspirators by being a smart speaker to gain their reliance for what they did to Julius .After a brief time in which he was sad for Caesar Antony stated to the conspirators Friend am I with you all, and love you all.”(3.1.220) this was his first step toward exacting his revenge by tricking them . He uses deceiving words to manipulate Brutus so that he can persuade him and put his worries bout where Antony stood them .Antony uses his great ability o manipulate through the entire speech to convince Brutus to let him give the speech at Caesar funeral and thinking that he is his friend he agrees with any hesitation. Then Antony gets to the platform and turns on the conspirators and uses his wise words to lure the people to lock up the conspirators.