Mark Antony

The Character Casca in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is an elected official who speaks for the common people of Rome. As an elected official, Casca knows first hand the lack of character that Caesar possesses and does not deem him worthy of being a King. In knowing this he and other Romans try to get Brutus to become King. Casca's whole idea was that Caesar was unfit to be king, but he knew that without someone highly regarded by the people that the plan would fall apart. "Are…

In the simple words of Julius Caesar, "Veni, vidi, vici." Their meaning: I came I saw and I conquered. This is exactly what Roman Emperor Hadrian did when he built the famous wall across Britain. Hadrian’s wall was truly a magnificent accomplishment. Unlike the Great Wall of China, it was not built from slave labor or anything of the sort, but skilled craftsman, many of who gave their lives for Rome. In 122 A.D., Hadrian ordered his troops to construct a wall for protection of Britannia and…

A Common Man or a Tragic Hero In the essay, Tragedy and the Common Man, written in 1949 by Arthur Miller is revealed the comprehensive view of the author concerning the notion of tragedy. One of his deepest opinions is that the common man is as capable of experiencing abundant tragedy, as much as kings and queens are. In additions, Miller believes that the sense of tragedy comes into being when the character is ready to sacrifice all he has, to preserve one thing; “ his sense of personal…

The Trials of Apollo is a fiction book about a Greek god named Apollo who lost his godly powers because he unintentionally started a war between gods and demigods Therefore, the Greek god Zeus took his powers away as punishment. The book starts in upper Manhattan, where Apollo is dropped from the sky and hits a garbage can where he meets Meg a demigod. What happens next is a series of events that helps the reader understand their own trials and tribulations. Everyone has two sides to them,…

Did Brutus do the right thing? In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Brutus joins the conspiracy and eventually kills Caesar. He is an “honorable man” yet he kills his best friend. The conspiracy would have killed Caesar whether brutus had joined the conspiracy or not. Brutus having trouble deciding whether he should join, has to convince himself that killing Caesar is what is needed for the betterment of Rome. Brutus is called an honorable man in the play and he says, “If it be aught…

Julius Caesar was a good leader for Rome, with a plethora of achievements and reforms. He reformed our calendar, and his name means ruler in multiple languages. He also had intense political aspirations. He is largely responsible for the calendar we use today based on the solar year giving us the 365 day year. This includes the “leap year” adding the ¼ day it actually takes in addition to the 24 hours one revolution takes for the earth to rotate around the sun. Prior to Caesar consulting with…

politicians, Marc Antony and Marcus Brutus, come to persuade the Roman crowd that their position on his death is the correct one. They each emphasize their positional differences by using rhetorical strategies that refer to logic, credibility, and emotional appeal. While Brutus may have stronger analytical methods, it is ultimately Antony’s ardent sentiment that wins the crowd over. Through his tactical use of logos, ethos and pathos in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony delivers a…

The Roman Empire mainly had a republic based government and though Rome was adaptable to change in most places the exception was in the political form of change. So as time went on the Roman classes soon began to compete against one another for higher for higher ranks in the political system. This caused a large gap between the rich and poor Romans. Eventually after several people conquering different places throughout the civil wars a man that went by the name of Octavian made his position as…

Rhetorical Analysis of Marc Antony’s Funeral Speech Marc Antony’s speech at the funeral of Julius Caesar is widely regarded as one of the pivotal moments in Shakespeare’s play, “Julius Caesar”. Antony uses this opportunity to sway the crowd against the conspirators of Caesar’s assassination, and undermine Brutus without directly appearing to do so. Shakespeare uses the rhetorical devices repetition, pathos, irony, and diction to achieve such a momentous effect on both characters of the play, and…

In Rome, eventually a lot of people if not the whole senate started to become angry because of the idea that the rule of Caesar was becoming something permanent. An idea was created to get rid of Caesar. This idea was created in hopes of restoring the government to the Senate. Those who came up with the idea had hope that with Caesar's death, government would be restored to its old republican form and all of the factors that had created a Caesar would go away. The idea grew stronger with Caesar…