Antony then enters with Caesar’s body. Brutus explains to the
crowd that Antony had no part in the conspiracy but that he will now be part of the new commonwealth
. The plebeians cheer Brutus’s apparent kindness, declaring that Brutus should be Caesar.
What information does Antony give to the crowd during his speech?
Antony
tells the
crowd
to “have patience” and expresses
his
feeling that he will “wrong the honourable men / Whose daggers have stabb’d Caesar” if he is to read the will. The
crowd
, increasingly agitated, calls the conspirators “traitors” and demands that
Antony
read out the will.
What does Antony tell the crowd?
Antony tells the crowd to “have patience” and expresses his feeling that he will “wrong the honourable men / Whose daggers have stabb’d Caesar” if he is to read the will. The crowd, increasingly agitated, calls the conspirators “traitors” and demands that Antony read out the will.
Why does Antony refuse to read Caesar’s will to the crowd?
In Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral in Act III, Scene ii, why does Antony refuse at first to read Caesar’s will to the crowd?
He wants them to really want to hear the will. He wants them to get all riled up and angry.
What is Antony’s real motivation for telling the crowd they should not read Caesar’s testament?
What reason does Caesar give for not reading Artemidorus’ letter? The reason is that
if it concerns him, he’s going to wait to read it. He put other people’s problems first before himself
.
Why does Antony use Caesar’s body to stir the crowd?
Antony takes full advantage of this opportunity to undermine Brutus, completely undeterred by having constraints put on his speech. … He moves the crowd by
actually bringing out Caesar’s multiply stabbed body for them to see
and talking to them about how much Caesar loved them and provided for them in his will.
Why does Brutus leave before Antony?
Brutus’s decision to
leave Antony unharmed aligns with his noble, naive character
. He shows integrity and compassion by refraining from murdering Antony and causing more bloodshed. However, he naively believes that Antony will not threaten Rome’s stability, which comes back to haunt him at Caesar’s funeral oration.
What is the main idea of Brutus speech?
BRUTUS’ SPEECH:
Brutus persuades his audience (common people) that he had good and noble reasons to kill Caesar
. His message is that he had to kill Caesar because Caesar was too ambitious and he would enslave the Romans if he lived.
Why does Antony show Caesar’s wounds during the funeral?
Why does Antony show Caesar’s wounds during the funeral?
Anger the people against the conspirator’s
. Why does Portia kill herself? She is worried about Brutus.
What type of speech does Antony give over Caesar’s body?
Antony uses
Brutus’ speech against him
. Brutus said multiple times that Caesar was ambitious and that, if he was allowed to live, he would destroy Rome.
Do not consent That Antony speak in his funeral?
“You know not what you do. Do not consent / That Antony speak in his funeral. / Know you how much the people may be moved / By that which he will utter?” (Shakespeare, 3.1. 244-248).
What does Brutus promise to Antony’s servant?
Antony’s servant asks Brutus is he can promise
Antony a safe passage
so he can go to the capitol and an answer to why Caesar was killed. Brutus promises a safe passage and an explanation. … Antony promises to speak second at the funeral and he won’t blame the conspirators.
What message does Antony’s servant bring?
Antony’s servant enters with a message: Antony, having learned of Caesar’s death,
sends word that he loved Caesar but will now vow to serve Brutus if Brutus promises not to punish him for his past allegiance
. Brutus says that he will not harm Antony and sends the servant to bid him come.
Why does Antony shake hands with the conspirators?
Antony shakes hands with the conspirators
to make them believe that he does not have ill intentions toward them
. He ultimately desires to take a brutal revenge against the group, but he is aware that confronting them directly after Caesar’s murder would likely prove fatal for him.
What does the crowd learn from Caesar’s will?
When the crowd demands he read the will,
Antony hesistates again
, allowing the pressure to build up, but in the process he “accidentally” tells them more detail about its contents: ‘Tis good you know not that you are his heirs, For if you should, O, what would come of it!
What crowd response does Brutus create?
After the assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus speaks to the crowd and
convinces them that Caesar was ambitious and would have been a terrible leader
. Although he is not a skilled speaker, he is able to use logos to convince that crowd that what he and the conspirators did was the best for Rome.
