Dichotomy: The Battle Between Antony And Cleopatra

He tries to ally himself with the people labeling them as friends and fellow Romans. Starting out on a sincere note that will earn him respect from the crowd. Following this, Antony urges the crowd to join him in mourning Caesar, and eventually, he is overcome with distress. After regaining his composure he goes on to tell them that Caesar had been silenced, and he expresses dissatisfaction that the crowd wasn’t mourning with him. He puts the idea of rebellion in the minds of his listeners, but he urges them not to act on it.

Is an honorable man someone who kills his best friend for the sake of a country. In Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is about to be crowned , than he is kill by eight conspirators and his best friend Brutus. In return Caesar right hand man Antony is outraged and gives a speech , though he promised not to speak badly about Brutus and the conspirators. Antony uses ethos, pathos, and logos to draw the crowd to believe Caesar’s death is wrong and bring the crowd into mutiny and rage. He does this by being clever, manipulative, and deceiving.

During the meeting he he made a compromise with Caesar’s murderers. He told them that he wouldn't tell on them if they would respect all of Caesar’s rules, and he would be worshipped as a god. The following day, Caesar’s father-in-law told the city of Caesar’s death. A few days later Marc Antony has a funeral for him, where they burned his body.

Antony interrupts his speech to lament since his “heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause until it come back to me (III, ii, 108-109).” Antony illustrates his love for Caesar by shedding tears, which sways the mob into thinking how much he cares for Caesar. The crowd is fickle and begins to side with Antony as they sympathize for him. Before Antony reads the will, he shows verbal irony when he declares, “O masters! If I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong-Who, you all know, are honorable men (III, ii, 123-125).”

The legendary first Roman, far from his home after the fall of Troy, is waylaid by Dido from his true fate of founding the mighty Roman Empire. Aeneas dutifully resists temptation and abandons her to continue to progress, duty and political destiny more important than romantic love; in stark contrast to Antony, who puts passionate love of his own Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, before duty to Rome (Lemasters, 2010). Perhaps this is because Antony does not have the gods guiding him and reminding him of his duty, as Mercury does

In both plays, power battles in domestic relationships ultimately lead to the downfall of the characters – thus showing how power can intoxicate a relationship. The decline of power is seen in both Antony and Cleopatra; however, it is Mark Antony who appears to suffer more because of his abuse of power. Antony is the supreme solider and the first speech in the play compares him to the characteristics of Mars; Cleopatra announces he is the “greatest soldier in the world”; in addition to this Caesar pays an admiring tribute to Antony’s heroic soldiership. These attributes, however, do not on their own make for a sturdy base of power, as the individual must be able to sustain these qualities. The tributes of recognition above are symbolic of the fact that he is in decline and no longer the supreme soldier he once was.

Then, one of the last points he makes is presenting Caesar’s will. This shows the crowd what a monumental person Caesar was in that, even after his death, he wanted to give back to the people of Rome. The noble Antony reads out, “Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, his private arbors and new-planted orchards, on this side Tiber. He hath left them you, and to your heirs for ever — common pleasures,” (3.2.340-43). These precise instances of Caesar’s generous heart make the citizens wonder why such a respectable man was murdered.

Antony uses rhetorical appeals and techniques in his speech to turn the people of Rome against those conspiring against Caesar. As a result, the people see Antony as a persuasive and strong leader of Rome. Antony opens his speech at Caesar’s funeral by using ethos to present himself as a credible source and a friend of Caesar. Antony states his purpose in the beginning of his speech by starting with “I come to bury

Antony rebels against Octavius for what he thinks is his unfairness. His actions did not end with a victory, however. Cleopatra indicates rebellion too when Octavius already asks her to surrender; instead, she chooses free will plus independence and commits suicide. Furthermore, Antony fights social norms. He should be fighting but when Cleopatra flees, he follows her instead.

Antony uses the will as a tool to use upon the citizens of Rome, telling them to “Have patience, gentle friends. I must not read it.”. Using the will as credibility toward Caesar because it was written by his only self, playing with the citizens with the will going back and forth, playing with their emotions, and finally using logos to logically rope in the citizen behind Antony and to stand with

By refusing to read the will several times and admitting that what it contains will cause the people to have such a great love for Caesar that knowing he is now dead will be unbearable, Antony ignites curiosity in the people and furthermore, a subconscious feeling of respect and graciousness toward Caesar. Basically, Antony uses Caesar’s will to convince the people that Caesar was a selfless, kind-hearted man and those who killed him should be ashamed and punished for killing an innocent man. Through Antony’s use of paralipsis, he is able to plant a seed of admiration for Caesar and one of hate for the conspirators in the hearts of the plebeians. In his speech to the citizens, Antony also asks many rhetorical questions to cause his audience to pause and reflect on how they really feel, or how Antony wants them to feel, about certain people and events that have recently become important. In one instance.

Regardless of all this, Antony still persuades the crowd more with direct evidence from the will of Caesar. “To every Roman citizen he gives, To every several man, seventy-five drachmas… Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, His private arbors, and new-planted orchards, On this side Tiber; he hath left them you, And to your heirs forever — common pleasures, To walk abroad and recreate yourselves.” (3.2.119)

In Antony’s speech to the people, he speaks about Caesar over his dead body. His words make the commoners feel something, as opposed to Brutus,

Antony’s funeral oration is one of the most important speeches in Julius Caesar. Antony is the most skillful speaker because of his ability to turn a mass of uneducated plebeians once faithful towards the conspirators completely against them with emotional appeals. In Antony’s speech, one of his uses of emotional appeals is to create a kind and friendly relationship with plebeians. At the beginning of his discourse, he uses a synecdoche and asyndeton with his appeal.

“My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar and I must pause till it come back to me.” By Antony saying this, it creates a dramatic and heart-warming effect to help with his use of