Question

In his eulogy of Julius Caesar, how does Mark Antony incite the crowd to rebellion?

Answer 1

Antony is a very good friend of Caesar and was not convinced by the reason Brutus gave for killing Caesar .he wanted to avenge Caesar's death .in his famous soliloquy he says that he will stir the roman crowd to mutiny and there will be a deadly cold war in Rome he does so first by calling Brutus and the conspirators honorable men as Brutus had already made an impression on the mob and Antony did not want to get in trouble by calling them traitors. next he tells them of all the noble deeds of Caesar and how he not been ambitious in refusing the crown thrice when offered to him earlier. then he told them how he had cared for the Romans with all his heart. he then shows them the wound marks on his body made by the conspirators to emotionally stir up their minds. at last he shows them his will in which he had left all his private property to the general public of Rome

Answer 2

In Act III, Scene II of the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, we encounter Mark Antony's eulogy for Caesar.

Antony's speech begins by outwardly praising the men who have killed Caesar. He argues that these are honourable men, and that he has not chosen to give the speech to incite the crowd, but only to bury Caesar. However, he then begins to praise Caesar, and to blame the conspirators through rhetorical and sarcastic means. Antony's speech denies that Caesar had to die because of his ambition. Instead, he claims that everything that Caesar did was to better the life of his people. He also denies that Caesar wanted to be made king. He becomes more emotional, and as the injustice of Caesar's death becomes more apparent, people become more and more enraged. Finally, he reveals the content of Caesar's will, where he leaves money and land to every Roman citizen. At this point, the crown begins to riot and to look for the assassins to kill them.