What is the crowds reaction to Brutus speech?
What do these reactions suggest about the people in the crowd? After Brutus speaks, they want to crow him king, but Antony’s speech makes them want to kill Brutus and the other conspirators. Their reactions sugges that the people can be easily manipulated.
What does Antony want with Caesar’s body?
Kneel around Caesar Stab him to death Proclaim “Tyranny is dead!” What does Antony do when he arrives at Caesar’s body? He swears allegiance to Brutus He weeps over Caesar’s body He shakes hands with the conspirators. 13.
How does Brutus feel about Antony?
Brutus feels that Antony is no threat to the conspirators’ cause. By sparing the life of Antony, Brutus feels he will look good and honorable to the people, rather than just a butcher out to take away Caesar’s rule. Brutus wants to convince the people that Caesar would become a tyrant if he ruled over the people.
Why did Brutus want to speak to the people of Rome at Caesar’s funeral?
Brutus allows Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral in the hopes that doing so will work to the conspirators’ benefit. Brutus’s mistake in letting Antony speak derails the conspirators’ cause and leads to tragedy.
What is Mark Antony’s message?
Brutus , the conspirator , had classified the people that Julius Caesar was ambitious and greedy for power . Mark Antony in his speech , gave the message , that Julius Caesar was neither ambitious nor greedy for power . Once they had loved him for a reason . So , they should realise the truth .
What is the effect of Antony repeating that Brutus is an honorable man?
He uses the positive character word “honorable” in order to follow that rule, but through excessive repetition (borderline sarcasm), he is able to munipulate the crowd to “rage and mutiny”. Antony’s speech is delivered to evoke pity from the Romans, but it is also meant to be a cynical response to Brutus’ speech.
Why is Portia upset with Brutus?
Portia is upset with Brutus because he has not been telling her what he is involved in. Portia was a strong woman, and not the most mentally stable. She was aware that Brutus was up to something, and was unhappy with him because he would not tell her what it was.
Who said so oft as that shall be so often shall the knot of us be call d the men that gave their country liberty?
Cassius
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.
How does the crowd react to Antony’s speech?
How does the crowd react to Antony’s speech? They want the conspirators to pay for what they did to Caesar.
Who said come to speak in Caesar’s funeral he was my friend faithful and Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an Honourable man?
He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. The lines come from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar .
Why is Brutus first letter awake?
Why does the first Letter instruct Brutus to “Awake”? It accuses him of being asleep while Rome is falling to Caesar. It’s telling him to awake and make things right. Cassius suggests that they should kill mark Antony as well as Caesar because he is so loyal to Caesar.
What information does Antony reveal to the crowd during his funeral speech?
What information does Antony reveal to the crowd during his funeral speech? Caesar left the Roman people money and property in his will. Why does the crowd attack Cinna the poet? Cinna is also the name of a conspirator and the crowd thought it was him.