Maximus Decimus Meridius

The use of rhythm through iambic pentameter plays an important part in understanding Marc Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar. Much of the speech is representative of Antony’s thought process and the rhythmic variations allow the audience to connect with his train of thought. Determining the meaning of these rhythmic variations can be done by examining the iambic pentameter. For instance in Speaking Shakespeare, Patsy Rodenburg discusses the importance of counting syllables in each line to…

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…

Rudyard Kipling once said “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind”. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, we are constantly reminded of the power of language, from small things such as disproving somebody’s dream to persuading a whole population, it has a very distinct presence in the play. A character who succeeds in manipulating the English language for their own gain is capable of controlling any person as language is the most effective method of persuasion and…

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…

“Julius Caesar” was a true story which had been dramatized. Shakespeare talked about Caesar, Brutus, Cassius and Mark Antony’s actions and real historical incidents. Julius Caesar had the ambition to become a king. Brutus, Cassius and their partners killed him because of that. After Antony’s speech, a civil war broke out between Brutus’s party and the country. With regard to the topic of who exactly was the protagonist of Julius Caesar, it was apparent that fierce debate existed. Brutus was the…

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…

Mark Antony's Secret Weapon “Friends Romans countrymen Lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” That was Mark Antony’s (a character and one of the main antagonist in William Shakespeare's tragedy Julius Caesar) first statement in his speech that completely turned a weeping mourning crowd into an angry mob. This crowd had just heard that news that their beloved leader Julius Caesar had been put to death. Brutus (a main protagonist in the tragedy) had spoke before Mark…

Julius Caesar is a tragedy play which displays countless instances of superstitions, supernatural and omens which foreshadow Caesar’s faith. It is one of the few plays by William Shakespeare which he wrote about true historical events in Roman history. Julius Caesar was originally published in the First Folio in 1623, having purely authoritative text about the play. However, it’s first performance was mentioned by Thomas Platter the Younger in his diary, which dates September 1599 . It is a play…

The play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, is written taking place with a very powerful and rogue ruler, Julius Caesar, and focuses on Brutus' struggle between the adverse demands of patriotism, honor, and friendship. Within the play, Shakespeare sympathizes with Caesar’s conspirators and is very much in favor of a democracy rather than one, powerful ruler as depicted in the play. And, as Shakespeare was writing this play, he was trying to convince the audience to…

In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marcus Brutus is the character who ultimately brings the downfall of Caesar. Through his actions, he also ends up helping and saving Rome from being ruled by Caesar. Brutus throughout this play struggles with inner conflict; commit one bad act for the greater good or stand back and watch what unveils for both him and Rome. Committing murder to save Rome brings up the question; does the end justify the means? Analyzing Brutus as a person as well as his…