When Was Caesar Honorable

He wants to put him to rest peacefully, but not praise him. In this moment, Antony was being honorable.

After Brutus finishes his speech, Antony speaks about his opinion on the issue; unlike Brutus, Antony acts slyly and communicates a very manipulative tone to persuade the Romans to rebel. Because of Antony's use of parallelism, he creates vivid reasoning for his speech. He states, “ I come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III.ii.44). By using this device, he shows the people of Rome that he isn't praising Caesar, he is putting the leader to rest. This particular line creates a very manipulative tone, because his speech is all about what great this Caesar has done and how he wants to rebel against the conspirators. Further more, Antony uses a lot of irony to slyly get his point across. One example that he uses throughout the speech is “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is a honorable man” (III.ii.44). Because of the repitition of this ironic statement, the meaning of it changes and intensifies. At first, his tone was sincere, but as the speech progresses, you can see his sarcastic tone increases. Antony does this because he has to use this device to surpass the regulations of Brutus, as well as make the romans listen. Lastly, he uses personification to give life and further meaning to a word. Early in the speech, Antony says, “The evil

Because Antony cannot speak negatively about the conspirators, he uses verbal irony and repetition in his speech to say one thing, but make the audience believe the opposite.  The tone of voice he uses in his speech is one indication that he does not mean what he says.  When Antony calls Brutus and Cassius "honorable men," he uses a sarcastic tone to show that they were actually not very honorable.  Again and again he repeats the phrase "honorable men," and each time the irony is more powerful.  Antony connects the audience's new belief that Cassius and Brutus were not honorable to his message that they should not mutiny.  He says, "O masters, if I were disposed to stir/Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,/I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong,/Who (you all know) are honorable men" (III.ii.133-136).  The crowd thinks that the conspirators were not honorable, therefore they believe that mutiny would be acceptable.  To gain the full effect, Antony repeats that the crowd should not mutiny five times, so they lose the main point of his message, and only remember from the indignation in his voice that mutiny is a possible solution.

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.

Emperor Julius Caesar was just killed by Brutus and other conspirators who believed Caesar would be a bad leader for Rome in the future. Mark Antony, one of Caesar’s advisors plans to take down the conspirators as punishment for Caesar’s death. In Antony's funeral speech, Antony uses rhetorical devices and appeals to show his discontent about the conspirators killing Caesar. Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral persuades the people of Rome that the killing of Caesar by the conspirators was unjustly in order to seek revenge against the conspirators.

Marc Antony is highlighting themes of revenge as justice when he vows to murder all the conspirators. After the murder of Julius Caesar, mark antony talks to Caesar’s dead body and tells him that the conspirators will pay for what they had done: “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the

The least honorable character of Julius Caesar is Cassius because he was a conspirator. He killed Caesar because he didn’t like him. He didn’t like Caesar because Caesar didn’t like him. People actually didn’t like him. When Caesar was killed Brutus gave a speech. People thought that Brutus was the hero, but not Cassius. This why Cassius is the least honorable person in the play.

One must engage in very close reading of the text to determine the cause and the signs of change. Issues for discussion include whether Antony is carried away by personal power, whether he is driven by desire for vengeance to assuage his personal grief, and whether these things constitute a desire to act for his friend or for himself. Antony's final speech is essentially a repeat of Brutus' rhetoric following Caesar's murder, and Antony's transformation is complete.

Cassius suggests to Brutus that the conspirators ought to kill Antony because he may be a significant obstacle (2.1.169), but Brutus resists Cassius’s suggestion because he insists on keeping their violent acts as limited and noble as possible. Next, Brutus insists to Antony, after he discovers the dead body of Caesar, “our hearts you see not: they are pitiful, and pity to the general wrong of Rome—As fire drives out fire, so pity pity—Hath done this deed on Caesar” (3.1.182). Brutus appeals to Antony, arguing that what they did acted in the interest of Rome, and Brutus seems to genuinely believe that Antony can be persuaded of this. Brutus goes on to insist that their cause is so noble that Antony, as a son to Caesar, should be totally satisfied (3.1.240). Brutus even goes so far as to argue with Cassius that Antony should be allowed to speak about Caesar’s death to the people (3.1.250).

Two reasons to categorize Mark Antony as a ruthless opportunist was his intention to undermine others and the content in Caesar’s will, which in Act III he used to instigate sympathy among the people, claiming that he would deliver all the valuables (3.2.240-252). However, in the following act as he has gained power through the leadership of Rome, Mark Antony attempts to figure out a way to cut down what he used as sympathy, claiming, “Fetch the will hither, and we shall determine/How to cut off some charge in legacies,” (4.1.8-9). These lines demonstrate how after appealing to the audience with ethos, Antony uses this for

The conspirators all come to realize a situation that could potentially ruin all their plans, and become a dangerous factor, that Antony is nowhere to be found. They are all naive in the sense that Caesar’s murder will bring peace and freedom to Rome, when in fact, it will only cause more problems to arise; Caesar’s right hand man, Antony, will be the one takes over and causes issues in the capitol with his sense of righteousness. Putting Antony’s perspective into view, he is unusually calm. After all that has happened, Antony’s feelings are still not clear to the readers, so it is not until he views Caesar’s dead body and sees his murders bathed in his blood, that his feelings come to light. Antony is what someone would call the “perfect survivor,” even in the mere minutes of being in the presence of his kings’ dead corpse, he is already having thoughts of what to do next, and even having ones of revenge for his king. Managing to cover his feelings of seething anger and a seek for revenge, quite skillfully to say the least, he convinces the conspirators that he is an ally. Which then can be said that the conspirators are also naive to believe the king’s right hand man would be their ally; Brutus’s statement, "I know that we shall have him well to friend," (JC III.i.38) reassures the men even further.

All in all Brutus from Julius Caesar was a genuine noble man. He was willing to pay for the mistakes he made, that harmed people. Likewise, so was Ray Harryhausen who gave to the less fortunate and gave classic timeless films that everyone can enjoy. Both of these people showed characteristics of a honorable man. Therefore Brutus and Ray Harryhausen are both honorable men.

Antony greaves Caesar’s death more than anybody. Antony was like a son to Caesar and feels like he has lost someone very important to him. Antony is very smart and doesn’t try to avenge Caesar on his own, but rather let the people of Rome avenge Caesar. In Act III, Sc. 2 Antony says, “ The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious” (ln. 74-75). Antony is trying to tell the crowd that Brutus was tricking them and that Caesar should have not died. Antony welcomes the group of Romans to help him bury Caesar. Antony tells the crowd how Brutus said Caesar was ambitious, but then gives examples of how Brutus was ambitious. Antony tells how Brutus brought many captives home to Rome and paid for those captives with government funds. Antony then goes on to tell how Caesar helped the poor. Antony compares Caesar to Brutus and tells how Caesar was a better man than Brutus. Antony is trying to win over the crowd by giving them facts and evidence that Brutus was wrong about killing Caesar. In Act III, Sc. 2 Antony says, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And sure he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know.” (ln

good of Rome. Antony is able to stay loyal to Caesar yet still praise the nobility of his

Right after Caesar had been killed, the conspirators had encountered Antony. Antony, being heartbroken with the death of Julius Caesar, had a simple request, which was to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Little did the men know the malevolent plan that Antony had in mind. When the day of the funeral came, and Brutus had finished speaking, Antony came up and began his speech declaring, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears… For Brutus is an honorable man; so are they all, all honorable men.” (Julius Caesar. II. ii. 70-79). Antony clearly does not believe the men that killed his beloved friend are honorable, yet he continues to call them this. Antony is demonstrating verbal irony by filling his words with sarcasm. Besides verbal, situational, and dramatic irony, Shakespeare also used the powerful tool of symbolism within The Tragedy of Julius