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In five pages this paper contrasts and compares the characters Mark Antony and Caius Cassius as depicted in William Shakespeare’s tragic historical play Julius Caesar. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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The martyred Roman emperor might qualify, but is assassinated midway through the play. However, the dashing Mark Antony clearly emerges as a heroic figure because of his loyalty to
Caesar, his desire to avenge his friend and mentors death, and his eloquence that comforted a grieving people and rallied them to his cause. While some might cast Caesars
friend turned assassin Marcus Brutus in the role of antagonist, his actions are the result of a misguided sense of patriotism and encouraged by Caius Cassius calculated deception. Therefore,
Cassius is the antagonist and the play is structured around the escalating conflict between Antony and Cassius. These were complex men of ambition who enjoyed being close to power.
However, their differences far outweighed their similarities, and it is these differences that heightened the conflict to a point of dramatic climax and sustained it until its tragic conclusion.
Mark Antony was Julius Caesars friend and confidant. He undergoes tremendous growth throughout the play because initially he is portrayed as a playboy more interested in making love, not
war (McMurtry 41). Known for his athletic prowess, Caesar looked upon Antony with more amusement than fear, believing his easygoing nature meant he was not "someone to take seriously"
as a threat to his power (Derrick 14; McMurtry 41). Others seriously underestimate Antony as well, with Brutus referring to his rival as "but a limb of Caesar" (II.i.173).
But everything changes when Caesar is murdered; this is Mark Antonys rite of passage (McMurtry 41). He reveals a more clever side to his nature as he appears
to befriend the murder conspirators. However, this is merely a diversionary tactic in his plot to avenge Caesars death, which he reveals to the emperors corpse: "O pardon me,
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