In Shakespeare's play of Julius Caesar, Antony gives a speech and one of the lines are "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him". I haven't read the whole play yet but I have to do something on the speech and I was wondering why he says that ? Wasn't he the one that was always loyal to Caesar? What happened?
2007-05-06 15:38:10 · 5 answers · asked by Snaox 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Antony's speech is filled with irony. Over and over he calls Brutus and the conspirators honorable men, although he does not think they were. Here he says he comes to bury Caesar partly because he wants to reassure his audience that he is not trying to work them into a frenzy where they would want to take revenge on the conspiratrs, although that is exactly what he wants to do and what he succeeds in doing before the speech is over.
Also, it's a good line for someone giving a eulogy. We know eulogists are there to praise the dead person, but they are also there to bury them.
2007-05-06 15:57:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The remark was an even greater irony in that he did not want to bury Caesar, but only to praise him. As much as he wished Caesar were not assassinated, he had no choice. Nothing, not even conspirators, could thwart the praise due his beloved friend.
2015-09-23 18:39:36 · answer #2 · answered by RP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marc Antony was allowed to speak only if he did not incite the mob against the conspirators. So he used irony to indict them. Hence the beginning of the speech.
2007-05-06 16:04:26 · answer #3 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was a member of the 60 conspiritors who assasinated him.
2007-05-06 15:49:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
he did'nt like him
2007-05-06 15:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by whiteman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋