Julius Caesar

Challenged by the crowd and supporting the conspirator's purpose Marc Antony begins his speech. He uses combination of irony, repetitive diction to "sway" his audience. He does so without guilt or regret towards the crowd. He thinks about payback and he influence the crowd that he does not want any harm to murders. The most effective technique Antony uses in persuading as audience. "Brutus says Caesar was ambitious and Brutus is an honourable man".The repetition makes it ironic, but then, Antony proves that Caesar was not ambition and Brutus lacks even that. Antony also tells lies. "I come to bury Caesar's body, not to praise him" "I speak not to disapprove what Brutus has said" He does this to win the crowd over and to appear to be well meaning and also to win trust and to hide his true motives. Rhetorical questions are used a few times as well.Antony also disprove any cause Brutus gave for killing Caesar."He hath brought many captives home to Rome, he did refuse the crown trice. Was this ambition?" He says "Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?" and "Was this ambitious?" This is to disapprove what Brutus had said and to prove that Caesar wasn't ambitious.

A technique that has been used throughout the speech was to tease the citizens with the will. He hints that they have been left great things and to anticipate their gratitude to Caesar. "Tis good you know now that you are his heirs..." This makes the citizens think that Caesar has been amazingly generous (and not ambitious) to make them demand to hear the will.

Finally, Antony reads the will to the citizens "He hath left you all his walks, his private arbours and new planted orchards..." This is to avenge Caesar who has been generous, to inflame them and to make them mad.

Antony's dramatic portrayal is very effective. On his opening line he grabs a citizen because he is determined to make them listen when he says "Friends, Romans, countrymen".

Like Brutus, Antony raises his hands a lot to show domination. He speaks in a very loud tone to make the crowd feel ashamed of what they have done. He also gives a pause "And I must pause till it come back to me" This gives the crowd a chance to take in what he has said as well as dramatising Antony's show of grief.

When Antony says the lines "O masters, if I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to riot and rage...Bequeathing is a rich legacy unto their issue" he ascends the steps. This shows that he is dominating the space and creating his presence to show that he is in control. Even his loud shouting turns into words of sadness and sympathy as he speaks of Caesar.

Marc Anhony used many tactics to get the people to side with him. Sarcasm, irony, reverse psychology, audiovisual affects, and tears are employed in order to persuade the Plebeians that Caesar's assassination was wrong and his death must be avenged by killing the conspirators. Deep in his heart, he feels grief and pain even though he does take advantage of Caesar's death.

In literature, characters are often unrealistic, and rarely they portray those special features that make them human. William Shakespeare was one of the few able to create characters with truly human features .His talent for doing this is clearly illustrated in one of his most well known and mentioned above plays "Julius Caesar".

In conclusion, I want to admit that Shakespeare truly was an expert at portraying human traits, and all his characters are multifaceted, three-dimensional, and self-motivated. He has set an example for future writers to come.