Cesar

William Shakespear witnessed a chaotic situation in the England history where powerful people fought for the kingdom, and he was inspired by this situation. The same thing happened in Rome, after the death of Julius Ceasar. William Shakespear, in the 3^rd Act of Julius Ceasar, wanted to explain more what happened after the death of a powerful leader. In this act, we discover 2 speeches of Brutus and Mark Anthony, both of them trying to convince and persuade the citizens, after the killing of the leader who was also their friend.

The first speech we read is Brutus Speech. Brutus was a wise and honorable man and concerned by the common good. He was one of Ceasar’s friends. He was the one who killed his friend because he thought that Ceasar was about to become a tyrant, as he was a very ambitious leader. Being an ambitious leader is forbidden in this society. It was accepted to be in high esteem but never the greatest. A general, but never a king. As a good leader, Ceaser seemed ambitious more than he should have. It costed him his life. The assumption that he might be more powerful created enough fear in the senate pushing them to kill him. After explaining to the people the true reason why Brutus and the senate killed the leader of Rome, they convinced them that it was the best thing to do and that it was for the good of Rome and how Brutus “ Not that he loved Ceasar less, but that he loved Rome more.”

The 2^nd Speech was Mark Anthony’s. Now this speech is a lot different, and for me a lot more powerful. Mark Anthony persuaded the citizens by making them think, and playing more on the emotions. He skillfully calls attention to the paradoxes in Brutus' speech without specifically expressing them himself. He utilizes repetition and facetious inquiries to bring about his crowd to see the circumstance for what it is. At that point the speech closes with him turning out to be so sincerely mixed he can't proceed. Antony's speech contains the components of feeling and keenness making it a general all the more intense discourse. Antony as a real friend who loved the person of ceaser proves that the defunct was innocent of ambition so we can understand that what Brutus said confirming that they had to kill him in order to kill his ambition was wrong. So the cause of his death was only an assumption based on fear with no physical proof. For sure, Marc Antony's speech characterizes a defining moment in the play as he rouses the group to such a high emotional point.