Julius_Caesar

Julius Caesar In the tragedy of Julius Caesar, after the death of Caesar both Brutus and Antony spoke at Caesar’s funeral. Brutus finished his speech trying to convince the crowd that they did the right thing to kill Caesar because he was ambitious. Antony then enters with Caesar’s corpse awaiting his turn to speak to the Roman citizens. Antony begins by praising Caesar even though he claims that his intent is not to praise him, but to speak as a friend at Caesar’s funeral. As he continues to speak, it is clear that Antony uses physical evidence and emotions so the crowd can be persuaded to help in getting revenge for Caesars death. Antony praises Caesar even though he claims that his intent is not to praise but to speak as a friend. Antony says “. . . when that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept –“ to let the citizens think that Caesar loved them. He used rhetorical sentences to play with the citizens’ minds. “. . . If I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong.” He antony, caesar, citizens, speak, says, death, conspirators, caesar’s, brutus, wrong, though, revenge, physical, evidence, against, trying, think, show, praise, persuaded, own, minds, mentions, look, let, kill, intent, included, himself, go, funeral, friend, even, emotions, crowd