What Are Antony's Emotions In Julius Caesar

Antony effectively stirs up the crowd’s emotions over the course of his speech: he won over the Roman citizens by effectively reasoning and persuading them of Caesar’s benevolence. One way Antony aroused the crowd’s emotions was by presenting the will Caesar had supposedly left the citizens. Antony claimed that “they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds” if they heard of what Caesar did for them. Antony enticed the crowd even more when he said “it is not meet you know how much Caesar loved you,” which only further captured the Romans attention. While he had the crowd’s attention, he questioned if he should really read the will for “he fears he wrongs the honorable men whose daggers have stabbed Caesar.” Antony implies that the wrongdoing committed by the conspirators is only viewed worse after the discovery of the generous will left behind by Caesar. The whole topic …show more content…
Antony speaks about how Caesar trusted Brutus; Caesar was strongly betrayed by Brutus’s participation in his own death. Antony vividly describes Brutus’s betrayal by illustrating how Brutus stabbed Caesar, saying “and as he plucked his cursed steel away, Mark how the blood of Caesar had followed it,” which gives the Romans an image of Caesar’s well beloved Brutus turning completely against him. Antony states “Brutus was Caesar’s angel” and that “Caesar dearly loved him,” which also shows how Caesar’s profound trust in Brutus was in vain, enraging the citizens about Brutus’s lack of loyalty. Whenever Caesar saw Brutus as a part of the conspirators, “then burst his mighty heart,” and he was vanquished by ingratitude. Antony mainly wants the Roman citizens to realize that Brutus’s betrayal deeply hurt Caesar, and the reasons for his assassination were not valid: the conspirators were merely jealous. Antony gives Caesar a dignified appearance when defending him, and ultimately makes the conspirators seem