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A five page paper analyzing Mark Antony's speech in William Shakespeare's play. The paper shows how easily the public's mood can be manipulated by skillful oratory and mass hysteria. No additional sources.
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the assassins -- particularly Brutus, of whom one citizen says "Caesars better parts / Shall be crowned in Brutus" (III, ii, 55-56). Antony, on the other hand, opposes Brutus; and
in order to solidify the political position of his colleague, Octavius Caesar, and simultaneously eliminate the opposition, he has to switch the fickle mind of the hysterical crowd form one
position to the other. How does he do this? First, he assesses the crowd. He observes that "Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome, / No Rome of safety
for Octavius yet" (III, i, 288-89). He decides to have the body of Caesar brought into the marketplace to see how people react to it. As he processes into the
marketplace with the dead body of Caesar, he overhears people praising Brutus, so he begins by saying, "For Brutus sake, I am beholding to you" (III, ii, 70). He also
hears people condemning Caesar; one says, for example, "This Caesar was a tyrant," and another replies, "Nay, thats certain. We are blest that Rome is rid of him" (III, ii,
73-75). So quickly Antony concludes that whatever he does, he had best say nothing against Brutus; and he had best say nothing praising Caesar. Yet he also knows that he
needs to set the stage for Caesars nephew Octavius, who (if everything goes well) will be coming into power; and in order to bring this about, he also needs to
shake the peoples confidence in Brutus, who opposes Octavius Caesar. What a dilemma! He certainly has his work cut out for him. But Antonys solution is brilliant. He mounts the
podium and silences the crowd by saying "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him" -- in other words, this is just a funeral oration, nothing more (III, ii,
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