Julius Caesar And Marc Anthony

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In the drama The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar is the ruler of Rome and he is murdered by a group of Senators who have been conspiring against him. He was given signs by people around him about his death day but, he dismissed them and went on to meet with the Senators, he thought these people loved him dearly. Right after Caesar’s murder his true supporter, Marc Antony, asked the murders if he could speak at Caesar’s funeral, they agreed with some hesitation. This lead to two speeches, one by Marc Antony the other by Brutus, the most unlikely person to murder Caesar but did. I believe that Marc Antony was the one that had the better of the two speeches because, he turned and persuaded the crowd against what Brutus had just said-to justify murder, which then lead to a civil war. …show more content…
Brutus said, “as he was ambitious, I slew him” (pg.589, Act 3 Scene 2, Line 24) he also stated, “Not that I lov’d Caesar less, but that I lov’d Rome more” (pg.589, Act 3 Scene 2, Lines 20-21). Stating this in that he killed Caesar because his ambition would bring down Rome, trying to justify his death. Antony went against this by saying, “You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he thrice did refuse. Was this ambition?” (pg.591, Act 3 Scene 2, Lines 92-95). The Pleabeians, people in the crowd, responded with “Methinks there is much reason in his sayings” (pg.593, Act 3 Scene 2, Line 104) and other things telling that they believed in Antony and that he was right despite everything they had just believed from
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