Act+3.1+Antony's+speeches+at+Caesar's+death

 1. Antony- “I doubt not of your wisdom…” [8] ** Gentlemen all…alas what shall I say! ** ||  Irony, Direct address  ||  Antony is addressing the conspirators as a group and expressing that he is at a loss for words ||  Ironic that he calls Caesar’s murders gentleman as they stab him behind his back.  ||  The audience is repelled by the conspirators’ brutality. Also later reveals the contrast in Antony’s words and his true feelings  || O world thou wast the forest to this hart. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Personification ** <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">(could also be an analogy or an apostrophe) || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Caesar is compared to a deer (hart) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hart has the connotation of a gentle animal who is vulnerable. The forest (world) was meant to protect Caesar. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Antony laments the loss of his dear friend <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Audience feels pity at the sight of noble bloodshed || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">My credit now stands on such slippery grounds <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pun || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I am in a dilemma ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1) Slippery with blood.  <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2) Morally slippery as he will have to side with the conspirators which implies betraying his lord. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Antony establishes himself as a true friend- even though he seems to side with the conspirators his speech at the end of the scene show his loyalties. Shows he’s a shrewd strategist, fools the conspirators into believing he is on their side. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Had I as many eyes as thou hast wounds….with thine enemies. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">simile || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">It would suit a friend better to weep copiously.. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Antony poses his problem- should he side with conspirators and betray his friend. Also he is subtly inducing a sense of guilt in the conspirators. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Loyalty to Caesar. The audience feels his loss. || <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Antony: “O pardon me thy bleeding piece of earth….” [8] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">O pardon me thou bleeding piece of earth || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Metaphor ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Caesar is still bleeding profusely from his multiple wounds || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">There is nothing left of the mighty Caesar; he is part of the earth || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pity in the audience as Caesar was a formidable ruler. Pity for Antony as he has lost a dear friend. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Which like dumb mouths.. ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Simile <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Caesar’s wounds are like lips that can’t speak  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Caesar’s might has been silenced forever by his brutal death. ‘Ruby’ suggests royal precious blood. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Pity for the fall of a great ruler. Can sense Antony anger and frustration that Caesar was defenseless <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">synecdoche || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Curse on those who killed this noble man.. ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Hand is representative of the men who collectively assassinated Caesar. ‘Costly’ suggests precious blood. The conspirators will have to pay the price for their betrayal. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Antony starts taking charge- rises as a powerful character. Shows his steadfast loyalty to Caesar. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Caesar’s spirit…with Ate by his side || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Allusion <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Foreshadowing || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The goddess of mischief will reign supreme in Rome in the days to come. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Antony swears to avenge Caesar’s death in the most brutal manner possible. His words preempt the civil strife. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Fear in the minds of the audience- at the thought of bloodshed and mayhem. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. What do you conclude about Antony’s character from the above speeches? [4] <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a) Foil to Caesar as he is a shrewd strategist unlike Caesar’s rash action  <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">b) Foil to the conspirators as we see his loyalty to Caesar <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">c) Vengeful nature <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">d) Powerful orator
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