Sunday, September 29, 2013

What are the main points in Antonys speech, Act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar and what effects does it have on the audience?

Only moments after Brutus has convinced the people that
Caesar had to die for his ambition, Antony makes a speech which has the counter effect.
Antony stirs up the people's hearts to a frenzy, a fir of rage over what the
conspirators have done.


He mentions the will that Caesar
did leave and how he had included something for all the people in it. He shares that
Caesar loved the people and proved it by including them in his
will.


Antony holds up Caesar's garment and mentions how the
conspirator's stabbed Caesar. He mentions that Brutus did burst Caesar's very heart
because everyone knows Caesar loved Brutus, the honorable Brutus, Caesar's
angel:



For
Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel.
Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar
loved him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all;
For when the
noble Caesar saw him stab,
Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,(195)

Quite vanquish'd him. Then burst his mighty
heart...



Antony's speech is
extremely effective. In his words, he causes the people to ban together against the
conspirators.


Antony calls the conspirators traitors. In so
doing, the people began to side with Antony. Just moments after Brutus speaks, the
people are ready to kill him now. A civil war is imminent, and Brutus allowed it to
happen by giving Antony permission to speak.

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