Antony and Cleopatra

of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony turned a crowd of mourning citizens to an angry mob. Antony turned this crowd into an angry mob through multiple persuasive devices. Brutus and the other conspirators thought they were killing Caesar for the good of Rome, but Antony and other ideas. He wanted to discreetly show the crowd of Romans who the conspirators actually were to him, a group of murderers. In order to persuade the people to not have sympathy for the Conspirators, Antony showed them Caesar’s…

Boudicca, or Boudica, was a Celtic warrior woman who took a stand against the Roman Empire and won many battles during AD 60-61 (“Boudicca”). Although she did not win the war, she left a great impact on history and the Roman Empire (“Boadicea” Ancient). Boudica took a stand against the Roman Empire by protecting her land, ensuring that her people were safe, and defeating the Romans in multiple battles. Boudica believed that her land should remain her land. Born in AD 30, Boudica was the queen…

Who Was Nefertiti? Nefertiti could quite possibly be the most powerful queen in ancient Egypt. Nefertiti’s childhood is still a mystery. Most egyptolosts and archiogloists haven’t found actual facts to back up their statements on Nefrertiti’s childhood. Nefertiti was married to the pharoah Akenaten at about fifteen. Nefertiti was given a lot of power Queen Nefertiti has somewhat of a vague childhood. “What is so striking about Nefertiti’s life and work is that, even though her likeness –…

Hatshepsut became Queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, around the age of 12. Thutmose II was the son of her father, King Thutmose I and one of his second wives. When her husband died, she began acting as regent for her stepson, Thutmose III, becoming co-ruler of Egypt with him in 1473 B.C. She then sent Thutmose III to the military so she could be the sole ruler of Egypt. She then transitioned into being Pharaoh by using many different strategies. As Pharaoh, Hatshepsut…

King Tutankhamun lived more than 3,300 years ago during ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom era. Tutankhamun was born Tutankhaten which means “Living Image of the Aten”, in 1341 B.C. in Egypt. His father was Akhenaten known as the Heretic King and his mother was Nefertiti, who was also his sister. King Tutankhamun was one of the most well-known pharaohs of ancient Egypt. King Tutankhamen began school when he was four year’s old. He learned to read and write. He was a decent student and graduated with…

Suetonius talked about Caesar’s affair with Cleopatra, Pharaoh of Egypt. But the way they described it was different. Plutarch Caesar has a detailed description of how Cleopatra captivated Caesar with her beauty and wisdom and relate her to the war on Egypt. She “stretched herself at a full length inside a bed sack”(Plutarch, ch. 49) and was took by her friend Apollodorus into Caesar’s palace. By this way, Caesar was captivated and his passion to Cleopatra caused the war on Egypt. Unlike…

Mark Antony says, “If it were so, it was a grievous fault; / And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it” (Shakespeare 598). There is importance in these two eleven syllable lines. Antony is not only bringing attention to the seriousness of the sin of ambition, but also how serious of a price Caesar paid for it. This proves important when Antony is able to turn the audience’s view around that the men who killed Caesar were in…

In act three, scene two of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Mark Antony addresses the plebeians and they want to know why Caesar is killed. Antony 's response to Caesar’s death is critical and he grieves over his death. He could not believe that his own friends had killed Caesar. After finding out about his death, Antony gives a speech the funeral. Antony goes along with the conspiracy so that he would not be killed as Caesar was. Brutus gives a speech to the people to explain his excuse…

Throughout time there have been many instances where a strong orator voices their opinion with power persuasive elements and lead to a drastic change, much like the case of Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. Before Antony gives his famous eulogy of his dead friend and future leader of Rome, Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus gives his outlook on the situation first in front of a crowd of Romans. Brutus is also a close friend of Caesar but he believes that Caesar needed to die…

Rome in Panic: Mark Antony’s Rhetorical Response Within William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the character Mark Antony uses a plethora of rhetoric devices to persuade the crowd towards his way of thinking. These devices include sarcasm, logical thinking, and crying to emit a sense of emotion appeal. William Shakespeare uses different rhetorical modes inside each section of Mark Antony’s speech, which includes: Logos, Logos with Ethos, and Pathos during section 1, Ethos and Ethos with Pathos…