Was Mark Antony A Bad Man?

Antony also explains that Caesar felt pain for the poor and tried to help them; “When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (89). The final and most convincing reasoning against Caesar’s ambition is that he was offered to be kind three times by Antony and he denied every time: “I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?” (94-95). Caesar could have possibly rejected the crown because he did not believe it was the right time to become king but Antony presents it as if Caesar denied because he was looking out for the good of Rome.

Many Romans continued to honor Caesar and that began to anger the Roman politicians more and more. Caesar took many decisions in his hands and this put paid to the Roman senate. They wanted him out, but he had the hearts of the Roman people. They could not attack him publicly because they would risk their own lives. They had to find a way out of this predicament. The final straw for the Roman politicians was when Julius Caesar refused the crown three times in front of the crowd. Caesar has refused, saying he was not the king and therefore not eligible to wear that crown. He lived up to the expectation of his people and did all that was required of him. He spent so much time making Rome an empire to be feared that many politicians thought it was all for his own good. They felt he made Rome a very powerful country because he wanted to rule and wanted the power all to himself.

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 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.

Antony felt that Brutus should not have killed Caesar. He does not feel that he did anything wrong at all for Brutus to have killed him. Within him knowing how the people of Roman feels about Caesar and trying to get their full attention after Brutus speech he starts off by saying “Friends,Roman, Countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar,not to praise him. The evil that men do live after them; the good often interred with their bones; so let it be with Caesar.” That’s his way of saying I don’t expect you all to think about the good or at least all the good Caesar has did/done as much as you think about the bad. “He was my friend,faithful,and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is a honourable man”. Antony keeps saying over and over “Brutus says he was ambitious” but he does not feel Caesar was ambitious because “When that the poor have cried,Caesar hath wept:”. He then uses ethos and goes to try to discredit Brutus by saying “You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown,which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?”. Antony is saying why give a man credit for just now wanting to be king and do what is right for Roman now when he didn’t want to the first three times it was offered to him. He asks them a rhetorical question with logic to it “You all did love him once,not without cause: what cause withholds you then,to mourn for him?” I say the question has logic because how can you love someone

Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is full of characters distinguished by honorability or corruption. Honor is awarded by high respect, admiration, and acclamation. Those who are corrupt display dishonesty, alteration of the truth, and immoral behavior. Although there are many honorable characters in Julius Caesar, one is more prominent that the others. Mark Antony is by far the most honorable character because he stands up for what he believes in, will risk everything for the right cause, and is noble to Caesar even after he is gone.

Mark Antony proves many points throughout his speech. At the same time he is able to bring the Roman people together with the common goal of destroying the conspirators. The crowd becomes an angry mob and go looking for the conspirators. They go as far as even killing a man because he has the same name as one of them. He speech brought anger but also a means for justice and without his speech Caesar would not have been

Mark Antony appeals to the Romans' sense of ethos to establish himself in their eyes as a noble man, and to surreptitiously separate the conspirators' from their lofty reputations. Specifically, Antony mentions that he has the power to "do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong, who, you know, are honourable men", but he "will

Antony has slandered me, saying I am manipulative, saying I am a traitor, saying I am a treasonist. Antony implies that I am not honorable? Friends, I ask you would someone that truly wants what is best for Rome spread lies about it’s most qualified leader, your’s truly? I acknowledge that you all are riled up by Antony’s speech and the reading of Caesar’s will, but surely, as sophisticated as you all are, you can realize that my killing of Caesar only shows that I am the best option we have for a leader. I similar to you all, am a sophisticated man. You must understand that killing Julius Caesar was not a decision that I took lightly, in fact it was one that I lost sleep and wept over for days. In the end I did it, not for my own self benefit, but for the benefit of my great country, and it’s noble people. It was not treasonous or traitorous for the simple fact that killing Caesar was for the greater good of Rome. I am a strong, well educated man, and I am willing to give my life for the country I

Marc Antony says in Act 3 Scene 2 on pg. 135 “ You all saw that on the Feast of Lupercal I presented him a kingly crown, three times: three times he turned it down.” showing that Caesar was not full of himself and he was a good man and shows that he

Mark Antony was of noble Roman family. In his younger years, he was highly educated. He was taught politics, which he’d use later on in life, a few examples would be public speaking, and being able to figure out and handle situations.

In the play, it was said that Caesar refused the crown that was offered three times by Mark Antony. Caesar would not except the crown, however, each time was harder and harder for him to refuse, presenting Caesar with a craving for power.