All hail Caesar! Julius Caesar is a historical figure who is famous for defeating the sons of the Roman General Pompey during 44 BC. He was assassinated by his friend Brutus and a group of conspirators due to their fear of Caesar gaining too much power and turning Rome into a dictatorship . In 1599, William Shakespeare wrote the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” about Caesar’s assassination. In the Act 3 of the play, Brutus addresses a crowd of people at Caesar’s funeral. He explains that he killed Caesar to protect the citizens of Rome from him as Caesar was too powerful and too ambitious. At first, the crowd trusts and believes Brutus’s side of the story. However, the audience’s opinion changes when Caesar’s friend Mark Antony begins to
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Antony describes how the audience that when the poor cried, “Caesar hath wept” (1635), but Brutus still “says he was ambitious”(1642). He points out that ambitious is made of “sterner stuff’. He wants the audience to realize that Caesar’s sympathy for the poor disputes Brutus’s claim that Caesar was ambitious. If Caesar was really ambitious, he would have been much colder and harsh.. He uses the word ambition multiple times to disprove the assertion that Caesar is ambition. Antony also uses the word “honorable” in regard to Brutus very frequently . In the speech, Antony states that Brutus and all of the rest of the conspirators are honorable. He explains to the audience that he is here under leave (1625) of the men and calls them “all honourable men” (1627). Antony, not being allowed to say anything negative about Brutus, uses the word honorable as sarcasm. He knows that Brutus and the rest of the men are not very honorable due to the fact that they were responsible for killing Caesar and making false claims about him after his death. Next, Antony calls Brutus honorable once again when mentioning Caesar’s character. He calls Caesar his friend who was “faithful and just to me”(1629), while Brutus only said he was ambitious and says that Brutus is “an honourable man”. Antony uses sarcasm to draw attention to the fact Brutus is not very honorable for only focusing on Caesar’s negative trait after his death instead of his positive ones. Also, he uses honorable as sarcasm when speaking about Brutus’s profession of Caesar’s ambition. When Antony mentions that Caesar refused to accept the “kingly crown” (1640), he tells the audience afterwards that once again Brutus says Caesar was ambitious and that “sure, he is an honorable man” (1643). He uses honorable to again convey that Brutus is not honorable as he is saying that Caesar is ambitious when he is not
Antony describes how the audience that when the poor cried, “Caesar hath wept” (1635), but Brutus still “says he was ambitious”(1642). He points out that ambitious is made of “sterner stuff’. He wants the audience to realize that Caesar’s sympathy for the poor disputes Brutus’s claim that Caesar was ambitious. If Caesar was really ambitious, he would have been much colder and harsh.. He uses the word ambition multiple times to disprove the assertion that Caesar is ambition. Antony also uses the word “honorable” in regard to Brutus very frequently . In the speech, Antony states that Brutus and all of the rest of the conspirators are honorable. He explains to the audience that he is here under leave (1625) of the men and calls them “all honourable men” (1627). Antony, not being allowed to say anything negative about Brutus, uses the word honorable as sarcasm. He knows that Brutus and the rest of the men are not very honorable due to the fact that they were responsible for killing Caesar and making false claims about him after his death. Next, Antony calls Brutus honorable once again when mentioning Caesar’s character. He calls Caesar his friend who was “faithful and just to me”(1629), while Brutus only said he was ambitious and says that Brutus is “an honourable man”. Antony uses sarcasm to draw attention to the fact Brutus is not very honorable for only focusing on Caesar’s negative trait after his death instead of his positive ones. Also, he uses honorable as sarcasm when speaking about Brutus’s profession of Caesar’s ambition. When Antony mentions that Caesar refused to accept the “kingly crown” (1640), he tells the audience afterwards that once again Brutus says Caesar was ambitious and that “sure, he is an honorable man” (1643). He uses honorable to again convey that Brutus is not honorable as he is saying that Caesar is ambitious when he is not