Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of Roman men, or conspirators. The assassination was led by Caesar’s so called “friends”, Cassius and Brutus. Antony, Caesar’s really good friend, knows exactly what has happened and has promised Brutus not to say anything against him or the conspirators, which shows total irony in this part of the play. Antony makes a big scene and gives out a speech which goes against Brutus and the conspirators. In Act Three of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony gathers citizens in the middle of a marketplace. He gathers them at the marketplace because he wanted it to be a public event so more people get to hear what he has to say. In this speech, Antony’s intentions were to turn everyone against Brutus, Cassius, and all the conspirators. That which he promised Brutus he wouldn’t do. Antony had a way of stirring up the crowd’s emotions with his speech. …show more content…
He states, “when the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be mad of sterner stuff,” which indicated that Caesar’s kind self should not have been killed for his caring actions. He then says, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And sure he is an honorable man.” Antony was obviously being sarcastic because killing a good friend is definitely not “honorable”. All of the citizens then begin to feel anger towards Brutus’ unloyalty, which is exactly what Antony intended to do. Antony uses the phrase “Brutus is an honorable man,” so many times in his speech. At first, it confused the citizens but then it altered the meaning of it. They caught on and realized that Brutus was definitely not an honorable man. The sarcasm that he uses in his speech gives him credit by making fun of Brutus’ loyalty, and making his argument weaker. Antony used logical strategy when he gives examples of Caesar’s nobility in order to show that the conspirators were wrong by killing