Mark Antony

Did you know that Augustus Caesar was once named Octavius? Augustus Caesar was a very influential person in Rome, the world, and human civilization. I believe that he is one of the most influential people to live. During his reign he greatly affected the Roman empire. While emperor, he doubled the size of the empire and made Rome a great place to live in. Before he was an emperor, he was a soldier and was greatly affected by the people around him. As a soldier life was interesting and many…

him because of how easily he put his trust in people. For example, when Brutus allows himself to trust Mark Antony after him and the conspirators murder Caesar, the outcome backfires on the conspirators tremendously “‘and in the pulpit, as becomes a friend, speak in the order of his funeral’ says Antony. ‘You shall, Mark Antony’ says Brutus” (Act III, Scene i, 241-243). By trusting Mark Antony, Brutus doomed himself and the other conspirators to the wrath of the Roman people because of…

In a sarcastic tone, Antony repeatedly referred to these "honourable men". Repeating "Honourable men" is also seen to be ironic, he's ridiculing Brutus and the conspirators saying his idea of Caesar being so ambitious, he's a threat, is something to laugh about. Every time Antony cleverly pauses in his speech to let the plebeians comment, the plebeians are more spiteful toward the conspirators. As the crowd begins to favour Antony the citizens make comments like "Methinks there…

Can someone who kills his best friend be noble? What about if he literally stabbed him in the back. According to Antony Brutus was the noblest man in role. He said this knowing that he killed his friend Caesar as well. Brutus is known to be a noble man already before he kills Caesar and on his deathbed is when he was called the noblest man in Rome. He acted and spoke with such pride to be a roman though that he truly shows how he cares for his country. One of the first things said about Brutus…

1.1 -In this scene, Flavius speaks to the Roman crowd about how they use to climb up as high as they could “To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome” but now they “make holiday to see Caesar,” Pompey’s known rival (1.1.34,47). The crowd of Rome seems to be very unreliable in terms of who they are willing to praise as their leader. They just flock to the one who has all the power and are not truly loyal to anyone. -When Flavius is parting with Marullus, he compares Caesar to a bird and tells…

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…

Was Caesar Ambitious? Using Mark Anthony’s funeral speech and Caesar’s own words, analyze what kind of king Caesar would have been had he lived. The play relays the tragic death of Julio Caesar. After Caesar defeated Pompey, he returns triumphant to Rome were the lower and middle class are his supporters, while the senate has grown in envy of his popularity. During the festival at Caesar’s return, Anthony offer the crown to Caesar three times and three times he refuses it. His ambitious was…

writer but also the greatest writer in any language. Cicero was a greatly respected Roman philosopher and writer who tried teaching the Romans about Greek philosophy and rhetoric. He wrote his “Second Philippic Against Antony” to try to stop Marcus Antonius, better known as Mark Antony, from turning the Roman Republic from an oligarchy into an autocracy. To persuade the Roman citizens, Cicero used the art of rhetoric in his speeches. While reading his speech again, one can notice the use of…

spur...He’s Ta’en” (5.3.29-33). This quote shows PIndarus, who is the slave of Cassius, misinterpreting Titinius success. The troops who enclosed in Titinius was Brutus’s troops but Pindarus thought it was Mark Antony and his troops. Pindarus told Cassius that Titinius was captured by Mark Antony and his troops. Finally, Cassius misinterpreted Titinius success and killed himself. In conclusion, Shakespeare analyzes the danger of misinterpretations through exploration of Calpurnia’s dream, the…

works. In Julius Caesar he conveys various statements, one being that people always try to find the easiest way out of their problems. This can be observed in the reasons for why Cassius has Caesar killed, how the conspiracy wanted to just kill off Antony, and why Cassius had Pindorus kill him instead of taking his loses on the battle field like a man. However, it 's funny that none of these men realize over the course of the events that by doing this instead of just facing there problems the…