Thursday, March 25, 2010

Explain the significance of Antony's funeral oration in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare.

Marc Antony
has ulterior motives when he speaks to the crowd after Caesars death.  Brutus has already given
the explanation for the death of Caesar.  Now, it is Antonys turn to convince the audience that
this is was a terrible wrong.  

In Act III, Scene ii,
by , Marc Antony turns the audience against the conspirators.  Antony begins:


€˜Friends, Roman, Countrymen, I come to bury Caesar not to praise him.


Even the first words of his speech serve a purpose.  Antony is placing himself on the
same level as the commoners.  As he promised Brutus, he tells...






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