The Assassination Of Marcus Brutus In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare In Act III scene I, after the assassination of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony enters asking for a valid reason for killing Julius Caesar. Marcus Brutus and Marc Antony spoke with each other, Brutus gave Antony permission to speak at Julius Caesar’s funeral. Cassius pulled Brutus aside and told him that he did not believe it was a good idea that he let Antony speak, but Brutus told him it was okay since he will be speaking first. Brutus ordered Antony not to blame them at the funeral but to praise Caesar. Although Brutus had ordered Antony to do as such, there was a considerable difference between Brutus and Antony’s speech at the funeral, in Act III Scene II. In his speech, Marcus Brutus gave his reason behind the assassination of Julius Caesar while he showed his character. Marc Antony reminded the plebeian how much they admired Caesar and how much they should hate his assassins. Since the crowd was easily manipulated by the speakers, it enabled Antony to sway their point of view about the assassination leading to a civil war. Marcus Brutus spoke first as planned. He had Cassius take some of the Romans elsewhere to hear him speak. The plebeians demanded from Brutus a reasonable explanation in order…show more content…
This obviously caused disorder among the plebeians. As Brutus exited, he stated that with his permission Marc Antony would be praising Caesar. Therefore, the people were eager to hear Antony share. As Antony began saying “For Brutus’ sake I am beholding to you.” the people spoke among themselves, saying that Caesar was a tyrant and that they were blessed to have gone rid of him. He begins with calling them friends, allowing immediate warmth and access to their hearts, rather than calling them Romans as Brutus did. He immediately breaks the rules and states his purposes by saying that he is not there to praise Caesar but was there to bury
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