Theme Of Mark Antony's Speech In Julius Caesar

Have you felt the pain of your friend backstabbing you in the back? Well, Julius Caesar felt that pain twenty-three times but he was stabbed in the back with real knives. Julius Caesar was born in Rome in 100 BC, he rapidly climbed the ladder to Roman politicians. His victories in battles awarded him with people's support, he made allies and enemies along the way. On the Ides of March, Julius Caesar was brutally assassinated by a group of nobles in the Senate House. Mark Antony, who was Julius Caesar’s friend, was a given a chance to give a speech but he wasn’t allowed to talk bad about Julius Caesar’s killers. Mark Antony was infuriated by Julius Caesar’s death and wanted to strive for revenge and gain power for himself in Rome government. With his speech, Mark Antony used rhetorical questions and pathos to persuade the crowd into joining him defeat Brutus and Cassius. In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Mark Antony was given the chance to make a …show more content…
‘’whose daggers have stabb’d Caesar’’(111.11,152) By saying this, Mark Antony is trying to make the citizens know who Cassius and Brutus really are. He’s trying to make the citizens know that Brutus is not a honorable man and he makes himself seem. The crowd are infuriated on Caesar’s death and want revenge. ‘’Kind souls, what, weep you when you but behold/ Our Caesar's vesture wounded? Look you here/ Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.’’(111.11,195) Mark Antony says this quotes as he unveils the body of Caesar in front of the citizens. This automatically causes an emotional reaction from the citizens. Not only did revealing Caesar’s body cause a emotional reaction but a angry and revengeful reaction. Mark Antony knows if he is capable to show the citizens what Cassius and Brutus did to Caesar, then he might be able to make the crowd seek