Mark Antony

Caesar, the character Antony wins the bona-fide of the Roman people by using the icon of Julius Caesar’s body (post mortem) in order to solicit a hatred in the plebeians against Brutus who used his elements of rhetoric ineffectually. Hence, Antony is more auspicious in his arguments as he has the greater mastery in the rhetorical triangle, hence why he is able to turn the plebeians to mutiny against Brutus despite Brutus delivering an equally impassioned speech. Though Antony and Brutus are…

This is a short and simple summarization of Brutus’ speech, he then introduces Marc Anthony to speak at Caesar’s funeral. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” (Act 3, Scene 2, Lines 80-81). Marc Antony is starting his speech out by saying that he doesn 't want to just talk about Caesar the whole time put to just put him to rest in his coffin. “… Brutus is an honorable man…” ( Act 3, Scene 2, Line 89). Throughout Anthony’s speech he will…

word they could have said. When Brutus and Antony give their funeral speeches in Julius Caesar it is a critical moment for each. Both need to sway the crowd to agree with their perspective. While Brutus addresses the crowd with logic and reason, Antony uses emotion. The use of rhetorical questions, parallel structure, and repetition by Brutus and Antony throughout their speeches changes the views of the crowd and what they should believe. While…

competitions in Rome’s history, the fight between Brutus and Antony. With Rome’s glorified leader, Caesar, suddenly killed, the new power void draws Brutus and Antony into a clash for the ages. Their speeches given at Caesar’s funeral show how the two characters were fighting one another for power over Rome not with swords and spears, but with words and form. While Brutus creates an intellectual and logical speech to win over the minds of he crowd, Antony chooses to develop an emotional speech…

what he saw fit for the greater good of Rome. After Caesar is killed, both Brutus and Marc Antony, Caesar’s right hand man, give speeches about Caesar’s legacy and the purpose of his assassination. Brutus says that their cause was just, while Marc Antony tries to stir the Romans’ anger against the conspirators. Marc Antony’s speech was much more effective in spreading the notion…

Today was one of the worst days and the most tragic day for me and for Caesar. Diary, As Caesar, a group of men, and I were walking to the senate house. Many things occurred that were fatal and partially my fault. When we were all walking, a soothsayer came up to Caesar and told him why are you not gone and then Artemidorus tries to hand Caesar a letter, but I have no clue what the letter said. Later Trebonius called me over and away from the group. The rest of the group including Caesar went to…

“Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings” (I.ii.146-148). We create our faults, and we are our faults. Julius Caesar’s fault was his pride but, in the end, he realized his failure. In William Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is the tragic hero. Admittedly, Brutus could have been viewed as the tragic hero because he showed remorse for killing Julius Caesar, but Brutus is not more admirable in…

Throughout history, there have been a lot of important warriors like Celtics, Samurai’s, Ninja’s and Aztec warriors, but out of all of them the coolest warriors of all is the Gladiators. Gladiators were introduced in the first into second century in Rome, around the year 216 B.C. Gladiators were the big shots of Rome, like the military of Rome. Gladiators were named after the sword, “Gladius,” because they would fight with swords. To become a Gladiator you were either a prisoner of war or…

The overall writing style can be described as journalistic and detail orientated. It gave facts on who the rulers were as persons and what their live achievements were. One example would be how Suetonius writes about what Augustus preferred to eat “he particularly liked coarse bread, small fishes, handmade moist cheese, and green figs of the second crop…”. Also, a good example would the description of what Augustus used to wear at winter “in winter he protected himself with four tunics and heavy…

Tyrants have, in their self-centred efforts, devastated our city. Tyranny has not solved any unrest, and has left Athens in constant flux between suffering and flourishing. Democracy and the power in the hands of people, has helped us develop and will help us become the most powerful city in Greece for centuries to come. Tyrants have built impressive buildings, and reduced the power of the few aristocrats, but had far too much individual power. Democracy is far better as it puts power in the…