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Tone Of Mark Antony's Speech

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In Mark Antony's funeral speech, the writer, William Shakespeare, divulges Mark Antony's seemingly questionable sentiments concerning Caesar's assassination and Marcus Brutus' involvement by using heartfelt tones in order to manipulate the crowd's perception of the "Noble Brutus". Moreover, Mark Antony appears to be distraught while speaking to the crowd about his slain friend. William Shakespeare expresses heavy-hearted tones through Mark Antony's speech when Antony says to the crowd, "Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me". The tones William Shakespeare portrays throughout Antony's speech is one of the many ways he is capable of overturning the crowd's perception. Furthermore,

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