Mark Antony's Oration from Julius Caesar

Mark Antony's Oration from Julius Caesar

NAME: ______________________________________ Mark Antony’s Oration from Julius Caesar In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Caesar has been assassinated in front of the Senate by a group of Roman offi cials, including his friend, Brutus. After the murder, Brutus speaks to the gathered crowd. He convinces them that the conspirators killed Caesar to save Rome. Mark Antony is another Roman offi cial and friend to Caesar who did not participate in the murder. Antony promises Brutus that he will not blame the conspirators if he is allowed to make a speech also. Act III Scene II Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: The evil that men do lives after them; Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; The good is oft interred with their bones: And Brutus is an honourable man. So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus You all did see that on the Lupercal Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: I thrice presented him a kingly crown, If it were so, it was a grievous fault; Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,— And, sure, he is an honourable man. For Brutus is an honourable man; I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, So are they all, all honorable men,— But here I am to speak what I do know. Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. You all did love him once, not without cause: He was my friend, faithful and just to me: What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him? But Brutus says he was ambitious; O judgment, thou art fl ed to brutish beasts, And Brutus is an honourable man. And men have lost their reason! Bear with me; He hath brought many captives home to Rome, My heart is in the coffi n there with Caesar, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fi ll: And I must pause till it come back to me. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? Anthony’s oration is a good example of a rhetorical speech. What is the point is Antony trying to convey to the audience? How does he develop his point? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2012 K12reader.com. All Rights Reserved. Free for educational use at home or in classrooms. www.k12reader.com NAME: ______________________________________ Mark Antony’s Oration from Julius Caesar In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Caesar has been assassinated in front of the Senate by a group of Roman offi cials, including his friend, Brutus. After the murder, Brutus speaks to the gathered crowd. He convinces them that the conspirators killed Caesar to save Rome. Mark Antony is another Roman offi cial and friend to Caesar who did not participate in the murder. Antony promises Brutus that he will not blame the conspirators if he is allowed to make a speech also. Act III Scene II Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: The evil that men do lives after them; Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; The good is oft interred with their bones: And Brutus is an honourable man. So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus You all did see that on the Lupercal Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: I thrice presented him a kingly crown, If it were so, it was a grievous fault; Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,— And, sure, he is an honourable man. For Brutus is an honourable man; I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, So are they all, all honorable men,— But here I am to speak what I do know. Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. You all did love him once, not without cause: He was my friend, faithful and just to me: What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him? But Brutus says he was ambitious; O judgment, thou art fl ed to brutish beasts, And Brutus is an honourable man. And men have lost their reason! Bear with me; He hath brought many captives home to Rome, My heart is in the coffi n there with Caesar, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fi ll: And I must pause till it come back to me. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? Anthony’s oration is a good example of a rhetorical speech. What is the point is Antony trying to convey to the audience? How does he develop his point? _________________________________________________________________________________Actual answers will vary. Some points that may be included: _________________________________________________________________________________1) Anthony is trying to blame the conspirators without saying so outright. _________________________________________________________________________________2) He repeatedly uses the word “honorable” regarding Brutus in a ironic _________________________________________________________________________________fashion, meaning just the opposite. _________________________________________________________________________________3) He is trying to convince the crowd that they loved Caesar once and _________________________________________________________________________________should be angry he was killed. _________________________________________________________________________________4) He disproves Brutus’ statements one by one. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2012 K12reader.com. All Rights Reserved. Free for educational use at home or in classrooms. www.k12reader.com.

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