Antony and Cleopatra

60 Senators within Rome. Shortly after the assassination, Octavian and Mark Antony briefly attempted to defeat the assassins together in revenge for Julius Caesar. After their victory, they divided among themselves within the territory of the Roman Republic and eventually torn apart. Octavian along the Roman Senate later broke with Antony because of his decision to govern a vast Roman world-state with his wife Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. Octavian successfully overpowered…

The speech Mark Antony gives after the death of Caesar in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is an exceptional example of a persuasive speech. In the speech Antony gives he uses several effective techniques to get the reaction he wants out of a very biased and stunned crowd. The words in the speech demonstrate logic, passive language, and emotional responses which are used to lead the crowd to hunting down Brutus and the other assasssins the killed Caesar. Antony, in his speech, mentioned several…

play in the stead of the short lived and arrogant Julius Caesar. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is the one character in the entirety of the play who does intend to double-cross anyone, much like the seemingly trustworthy Mark Antony, and he does not have hidden reasons for engaging in the plot to murder Caesar, as Cassius does. Brutus simply wants the best for Rome as shown in Act I, Scene II on lines 163-175, “ That u-you do love me I am nothing jealous … Brutus rather be a…

feeling emotions because we can identify them. Words are the most powerful force available to humanity because we can choose what words to say depending on the situation. Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral was more effective than Brutus’ because Antony used genuine emotion to sway the crowd. Brutus’ speech rationalized Caesar’s murder by using logic and reasoning because he did not want the plebeians to turn on him. Therefore, he believed that he could persuade the crowd by using reasoning.…

Hatshepsut was no stranger to royal treatment. Starting out as just being the pharaoh’s daughter, soon to be wife of Pharaoh to becoming a Pharaoh herself. Hatshepsut’s rollercoaster of a life surely does not disappoint. But how did a lady of her time gain such power and respect? After all, we are talking about ancient Egypt, are we not? After Hatshepsut’s husband, Pharaoh at the time, passed away the only eligible heir to the throne was her nephew, Thutmose III. Thutmose III was just a boy at…

Cleopatra was the kind of woman to watch the news. She followed traditions and was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt before it became another part of the Roman Empire (BBC). As a ruler, she would watch her actions take effect, protecting her son from any challenges to succession by banishing, killing, and estranging her other family members. From a cultural standpoint, she was ethnically Greek, yet managed to build credibility among the Egyptians by learning their language. In the comical…

The document Life of Saint Antony of Egypt is a letter which tells the story of what it sounds like: St Antony’s life and piety. It was written by Athanasius, who was the bishop of Alexandria at the time. He expounds upon Antony’s piety and turns even what some might consider faults into some of Antony’s greatest virtues. For example, as a boy, Antony refused to learn to read, preferring to remain ignorant. Much of the world’s population may think this to be simple laziness. Here was a boy,…

“Betray a friend, and often find thyself ruined.” In the story “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Caesar’s best friend Brutus, is fighting an internal conflict with himself because he has to pick a side of either his best friend Julius Caesar’s side or Rome’s side. Brutus picks Rome’s side and kills Caesar for the good of Rome, later on in the story Brutus “kills himself” because his life got harder once he killed Caesar and people didn’t handle it anymore. Betrayal from a friend is worse than…

best for Rome was to annihilate Caesar. When Mark Antony finds out that Caesar was put to death, he asks Brutus if he can deliver a speech at his funeral. Brutus grants Antony his wish and lets him speak. Little did he know that Anthony had a proposal to turn everybody against him. Brutus was telling them that Caesar was gonna make them slaves again and that he was ambitious. However when Antony starts to speak, he changes the minds of everybody. Antony tells the truth of Caesar and the things…

scene, Brutus speaks first and is trying to quell the crowd 's anger. He is trying to prevent further death and destruction. However, Mark Antony, who speaks after Brutus, is trying…