Antony later claims, shortly before reading Caesar’s generous will, that he “must not read it”, as it was not for the Roman citizens to “know how Caesar loved you.” While the people of Italy are not described as especially dense, it appears that they are easily influenced in their judgement. Simply by using adverse phrasing in tempting to the citizens, he deeply affects the listeners and deters them from their original devotion to Brutus. Evidently, he was successful in this, as Antony was able to quickly and decisively clout the Romans’ judgement with poignancy, pathos, and emotional coaxing. As Mark Antony states, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar… If you have tears, prepare to shed them now” in an attempt to, quite literally, provoke tears from his audience. Despite his love for those brave conspirators, his faith in the great and noble leader, as Antony would say, far offsets it. Though he claims to speak to the ruler’s death and not promote him, the long-time follower’s speech is biased and
Antony later claims, shortly before reading Caesar’s generous will, that he “must not read it”, as it was not for the Roman citizens to “know how Caesar loved you.” While the people of Italy are not described as especially dense, it appears that they are easily influenced in their judgement. Simply by using adverse phrasing in tempting to the citizens, he deeply affects the listeners and deters them from their original devotion to Brutus. Evidently, he was successful in this, as Antony was able to quickly and decisively clout the Romans’ judgement with poignancy, pathos, and emotional coaxing. As Mark Antony states, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar… If you have tears, prepare to shed them now” in an attempt to, quite literally, provoke tears from his audience. Despite his love for those brave conspirators, his faith in the great and noble leader, as Antony would say, far offsets it. Though he claims to speak to the ruler’s death and not promote him, the long-time follower’s speech is biased and