Mourning and confused, Rome is surprisingly swayed towards mutiny in the play Julius Caesar by Shakespeare. Their hearts are sadden as they attend Caesar's funeral, where Mark Antony not only speaks, but preforms. Antony uses language, gestures, and props all in an attempt to sway the defensive, emotional crowd to mutiny. Firstly, Antony uses language to sway the crowd to mutiny. After observing their reactions to Brutus' speech, Antony knows that he has to connect with the fuming crowd on a more emotional level and opens his speech with a tone less official than normal: "Friends, Romans, countrymen.../ I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him'" (912). By calling the Romans his "friends" he creates a connection between the crowd and him, …show more content…
Was this ambition?/ Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;/ And sure he is an honorable man." (913). If Caesar had been as ambitious as …show more content…
Coming down from the place that he was speaking at, Antony becomes level with the crowd. It creates a feeling of equality between everyone, helping to support his cause. Antony asks permission to descend and the crowd welcomes him: “Room for Antony, most noble Antony!” (916). By asking permission he has the crowd treat him like anyone else, as he starts forming a bond between the Romans. Another gesture that Antony uses to sway the crowd to mutiny is by showing them what Brutus and the rest of the conspirators truly did to Caesar. He does so by pointing out the various holes in Caesars cloak: "...in this place ran Cassius' dagger through;/... Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabbed,/... as he plucked his cursed steel away,/... the blood of Caesar followed" (916). The mantle is a symbol of his leadership and his past conquering experiences. By assigning names to each hole, Antony shows the crowd how each man stabbed into the one who had gave Rome so much. With the crowd now angry, Antony continues using language, gestures, and props to sway them even
Throughout his speech, Antony repeats the words “[Caesar] was ambitious” and “Brutus is an honorable man” to create a contrast between the two statements. (3.2.95-96). Through this repetition, Caesar successfully undermines Brutus. Everytime he calls Brutus an honorable man, he lists a positive trait of Caesar that contradicts Brutus’s claim that he was too ambitious. He tells the crowd about the times when Caesar showed compassion for the people and when he refused the crown thrice. Antony’s sarcasm about Brutus’s honor brings into question as to whether his honor deserved. This leads the audience to doubt their feelings upon Caesar’s ambition. Near the end of his eulogy, Antony uses apostrophe when he claims that “judgment ... art fled to brutish beasts” as a reason for why the Roman people believe Brutus. (3.2.114-115). Antony indirectly shames the crowd for their belief in Brutus in that Caesar was a tyrant. Fearing alienation of the crowd, he attributes this belief to a lapse in judgement that beasts have taken. Antony also makes a pun upon Brutus’s name when he comments “brutish beasts.” Antony implies Brutus has caused a lapse in judgement within the Roman people through his oration
Antony uses Brutus's statues sarcastically as a way to show them that he is not a politician trying to manipulate them into believing something that is not true, but one of the people like they are. Antony also proves his point when he reminds them about the time Caesar refused the crown three times in front of them. Even though both of their logos caught the ears of the people, Antony's caught their full undivided attention. Brutus uses something most people have for their country, love.
In act III, scene ii, Antony proves to himself and the conspiracy, that he has the power to turn Rome against Brutus. He deceived the conspirators with his speech during Caesar’s funeral. In this speech, Antony pulls at the heartstrings of the countryman by showing emotions and turning them against their beloved leader, Brutus. The scene takes place the day of Caesar's death. Leading up to this point the people loved Brutus because, reasonably he explains of them about Caesar's death and told them it was necessary. In Antony's speech he showed signs of hatred towards Brutus and the conspirators. He thinks for himself and deceives the people, when he explains how Brutus lied to the people . The plot depends on Antony’s speech.
The book Julius Caesar is full of happiness, conspiracy, power, and betrayal. The people of Rome deeply loved julius Caesar and wished to make him their king. A group of senators however were not so fond of this idea and formed a conspiracy. The leader of this group was a man by the name of Cassius. In order to make sure that his scheme of killing Caesar would work and would look honorable he had to convince a senator by the name of Brutus to help. After being convinced that they had to kill Caesar to protect Rome from a tyrant Brutus joined the conspiracy and soon became the principal conspirator.On the day in which Caesar was to be crowned king he was on the way to the senate when he was stabbed by all the conspirators panic ensued and to convince Rome of their honorable intentions Brutus gave a funeral speech. Mark Antony, a very close friend of Caesar, gave his speech after Brutus had given his. Mark Antony’s speech is more persuasive to the Roman people because of his outstanding use of pathos, sarcasm, and logos.
Was Julius Caesar truly ambitious? For if he wasn?t, then Brutus betrayed a man he loved in vain. He held that he was saving Rome form a tyrant when he plunged the knife into Caesar?s back, literally.
Since the people knew Caesar because of his friendliness and how nice he was to people he was able to get sympathy for his death. When the people remembered how good he was at one point they wanted to get vengeance on the conspirators,Antony had used persuasion and reverse psychology with the crowd to get mad at the conspirators. Brutus had not connected to the people as well because he did not give as much sympathy about Caesar's Death , and what he will give in return. Antony had touched the people when he sad said that he had money and land for the people of rome but he did not want to read it because it would make them made. Once that had hit there was no way Brutus could fight back against Antony's
Although he was a strong military leader and had some potential, Decius’ plan of telling him that “he hates flatterers, he says he does, being then most flattered...For I can give his humor the true bent, and I will bring him to the Capitol” (II.i.224-228). Desire is an important contributor to the overall hate of Caesar. Since he could be conceded and still win the public’s affection, become aggravating to the conspirators. It was not until he died that Brutus and the others began recognizing Caesar’s strength. Brutus spoke at the funeral, and says that Caesar was “valiant, I honor him. But, as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honor for his valor, and death for his ambition” (III.ii.27-30). This admiration towards Caesar is shown throughout this speech. He seems to contradict what he has said in the previous scenes where he has said that Caesar is unfit for the Roman crown. Too much strength will lead to jealousy, which also leads to desire. All of these added up make the conspirators more motivated to make Caesar their next
Brutus made a costly mistake by allowing Anthony to talk after him. Brutus thinks he convinces the people they were doing the right thing but Antony uses manipulation to turn the crowd against them. Antony convinces them to mutiny by saying, “But were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue in every wound of Caesar that should move the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.” (JC. 3. 2, 239-243). Antony uses Caesar's will to get them to mutiny along with everything he said. The people of Rome mutiny in memory of Caesar to kill all the conspirators. Manipulation in this final part allows Antony to gain power and team with octavius to take out the
When Caesar was alive, Antony was Caesar’s right hand man and was always there to serve him and please him. Mark was a devout and caring friend that engaged in a civil war and eventually won that war to get revenge for Caesar’s brutal murder. Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators that actively participated in Caesar’s death were scared of the influence and power of Antony. At Caesar’s memorial, the conspirators are scared to let him speak because they don’t know what he will say. They wonder if his words will incriminate them or help them. In his speech, Antony reveals the truth about what the men have done and leads an uprising against them. He also talks about how much he loves Caesar and describes how his heart has been crushed by his murder. “O masters! If I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage… My heart is in the coffin with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.” The first quote is Antony speaking to the crowd, riling them up and causing them to rise up against the conspirators and avenge the cold murder of Caesar. In the second excerpt, Antony is talking about how he loved Caesar and he will grieve him for a long time. Both of these quotes show how Antony was a loyal friend who would do anything for Caesar. From gathering up an army of angry men to get what he wants, to openly talking about how much he loved and cared for Caesar, it’s apparent that the
Antony deceives Brutus and the other conspirators with his keen wit and his sweet talk. After a brief minute of expressing sorrow, Antony goes right into saying "Friends am I with you all, and love you all" (III, I, 42). Antony is using flattery in order to get Brutus on his good side so he can speak in the order of Caesar's funeral. Antony asks Brutus if he can, Brutus agrees without hesitation.
In his mind, Caear's ambition was a thirst for power. Brutus uses his love for Rome to justify his actions, claiming that by killing Caesar, he saved the Romans from dying as a slave. Instead of saying what the audience wants to hear, he states the facts and tried to sway their opinions with forcefulness. In comparison to Brutus, Mark Antony never says Caesar was or wasn't ambitious, but he uses emotional appeals to the
In William Shakespeare play Julius Caesar, Caesar is assassinated, and the city of Rome becomes enraged, demanding the death of the conspirators that murdered him. Brutus, one of the main assassins, talks to the mob and persuades them to understand that they are at an advantage without Caesar, the tyrant, as the dictator of Rome. He then leaves Mark Antony, who has meticulous orders to not try to pin the murder on the conspirators’ selfishness, but can speak numerous praises about his superior. Mark Antony then speaks to the persuaded crowd about Caesar’s endeavors and the benefits that Caesar gave to the kingdom, giving everything that was necessary and more. Mark Antony’s speech riles the citizens of Rome to mutiny without actually revealing his personal intentions of wishing to do so. In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Mark Antony’s speech is more persuasive that Brutus’ speech
Actions at some moments in Julius Caesar speak louder than words. A prime example is when Cassius wants the men to make a pact to follow through with the murder, but Brutus speaks up and says that the pact is unnecessary. Brutus feels as though every man is a true Roman and each man is as trustworthy and noble as he. As for Antony's speech, this is a whole different story. The words Antony spoke to the public helped motivate the people to go against the conspirators. Thought the action of killing Caesar was a publicized one, Antony's speech was far from being unnoticed.
Antony makes use of sarcasm in his funeral speech to sway the crowd from being pro-Brutus to being outraged and wanting to mutiny. Following Brutus’ speech, Antony is unable to speak of his true intentions as the crowd has sided with the conspirators. However, by lacing his words with sarcasm, he begins to slowly turn the commoners against Brutus. He achieves this by first stating that Brutus is ‘noble’ before labelling him as ‘honourable’. In his speech,
& respects the intelligence of the common people to understand a speech given in verse. Brutus's authoritative air is once again illustrated at the very opening line of his oration when he demands the attention of the people, "Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my / cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me / for mine honor and have respect to mine honor, that / you may believe"(Act III, scene ii, lines 13-16). this one line, Antony uses Brutus's words to his advantage by changing them to make himself sound friendlier. By the very first word of Antony's speech, one can infer that he is about to give a humbling oration; he uses the ethical appeal to convince the people to believe in his cause rather than Brutus's. Finally, while the crowd is in awe of Brutus's raw power and booming authority, Antony uses sarcasm He is "an honorable man" (Act III, scene II, line 84) in a tone of biting mockery, therefore questioning Brutus's credibility. & nbsp; It is true that the Roman people have emotions that sway with the winds, but this is partly due to the great speaking skills of both Brutus and Mark Antony.