Honor In Julius Caesar Research Paper

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Honor is a privilege a person must earn in a society. A person who is honored is a highly respected man or woman. In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar is a well respected man who is in line for being king of Rome. Caesar’s assassination leads to a war between the conspirators and Antony. The betrayal and lack of honor in Julius Caesar created the downfall and central action in the play, an outbreak of war.
Antony is an honorable man in the play Julius Caesar. Antony still respects Caesar after his assassination, he manipulates the citizens of Rome into believing Brutus and the conspirators are horrendous murderers. In Antony’s funeral speech, he continues to repeat the words “honorable men” to describe the conspirators. Antony uses the words “honorable men” …show more content…

When the citizens listening to Antony’s speech begin to realize what a severe crime the men committed, Antony tells the citizens, “I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke/But here I am to speak what I do know/You all did love him once, not without cause/What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? (lines 1644-1647) the citizens come to a realization that Caesar was an honorable man whom they loved dearly. Antony shows the common people Brutus will, the citizens beg him to read it to them. Caesar granted many possessions to the citizens that would benefit them, “To every Roman citizen he gives/To every several man, seventy-five drachmas” (lines 1786-1787) and “Moreover, he hath left you all his walks/His private

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