...d things about him and they forget all the good things he has done, a subtle allusion to Julius Caesar. He is ironic he repeatedly calls Brutus noble and honorable. He says he doesnt deny that Brutus is an honorable man and that Brutus blames Caesar for ambition and then he expresses doubt about all that ith an if If it ere so. e notice that, a great orator, he never says directly hat he has to say he only insinuates things and makes the auditorium put the pieces together. He continues by saying that only under the permission of Brutus he came to speak he displays modesty, but its a ould-be modesty.Mark Antony speaks about Caesars successes, about the good and clever leader he as. He reminds Caesars qualities and, knoing that the people are responsive to material interests, he tells them that Caesar ould not take the cron, in order to inflame them against the conspirators. Then he uses a rhetorical question to cast doubt upon the blame put on Caesar as this ambition. Using the adversative conjunction yet, he is putting face to face the facts ith Brutuss affirmations. e notice the emphatic use of do, a rhetorical device, in hat I do kno, to clear any doubt about the rightfulness of his ords and another emphatic ord, did, in You all did love him.Antony makes a rhetorical invocation O judgement! he is no histrionic he acts, forcing the approval of the people My heart is in the coffin there ith Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me. His ords have the desired effect on the people, ho start doubting about their beliefs. Then Mark Antony informs the crod that he has found Caesars ill but he doesnt mean to read it. He does that only to excite the people, ho are no demanding to hear the ill. No he can afford to be ironic and play ith peoples patience hile completely ignoring the conspirators, unlike in the beginning, being no the master of the situation. He tells the crod that they shouldnt kno ho much Caesar loved them, because it ould be too much for a man to hear. His ords are no taken for granted by the crod, ho can only think about hearing the ill ell hear it, You shall read us the ill.. In these phrases, the modal verbs ill and shall have imperative meanings e ant to hear it, You must read the ill. Despite all that, Mark Antony is calm he has achieved his goal he controls the crod and is aiting for the proper moment to unleash the peoples anger upon the conspirators. He continues to be polite to the people even if they are not polite to him. His subtle initial irony no changes into sarcasm I do fear it and he accuses the conspirators of Caesars murder. The peoples patience starts reaching its uppermost limits everybody is revolted against the conspirators and everybody ants to hear Caesars ill.Hearing that Caesar has left his fortune to the Roman people, the crod dashes off to punish his murderers.All this being said, e can conclude that Mark Antonys speech is a masterpiece of oratory, not only for the impressive amount of rhetorical devices used but also for the ay the speaker eighs his ords and manages to take complete control over the auditorium, gradually increasing the tension and the anxiety of the crod. 01CJCJ0!ps...
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