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Manipulation Of Brutus In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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Brutus kills his best friend, Caesar, because he doesn’t want him to be king. He claims he is doing it for the people of Rome because Caesar was too “ambitious”. Antony uses different techniques in his speech to manipulate with the crowd’s emotions and change their minds about him. He tells the crowd that he is not disproving Brutus but throughout his speech he does. He has the crowd gather around Caesar’s dead body and the crowd is so upset, they don’t know what to think at this point. Antony successfully convinces the crowd that Caesar was wrong. The plebeians turn into a mob against the conspirators. Antony says “ I have come to bury Caesar, not praise him.” He’s trying not to make people want to kill him, he wants the people to be on his …show more content…

He says “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” Antony points out that the first time Caesar wore his mantle, he was challenging Nervii. Reminding them on Caesar’s glory and what was taken away from him. Antony also points out that there are tears in the mantle. He’s making them feel sad, looking back on the good times Caesar had. He makes the crowd feel the pain and sorrow that Caesar felt. The act that Antony says “burst Caesar’s mighty heart,” was to see Brutus, his best friend stab him, that’s what killed him. Antony suggests that if he had the speaking abilities of Brutus, then the stones of Rome would rise in mutiny. When the crowd is about to leave, Antony makes them stay and says what is left in Caesar’s will. Antony has planted mutiny and rebellion into their minds, and now they’re going to mutiny. He does all this for vengeance. He finally tells them what’s in Caesar’s will, he didn’t tell them before because it’s just one final nail in the conspirator’s coffins. This shows that he has been scheming all along. After Antony’s speech, they kill Cinna the poet, which shows that they will no longer listen to anyone of

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