Question

A theme Antony conveys in his funeral speech to Julius Caesar is that people should be judged based on their actions, not based on the opinions of others. How does he introduce and develop this theme? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be one or two complete paragraphs.

Answer 1

Mark Antony says friends, ¨Romans, and countrymen lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones¨. Antony is saying that the evil that men do is remembered after their deaths but, the good is often buried with them.Antony also speaks saying ¨Here under leave of Brutus and the rest - for Brutus is an honorable man; honorable So are all, all honorable men. Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me, but Brutus says he was ambitious.He speaks saying that Julius was his friend and Brutus thought too much saying that he was ambitious.

This help conveys the theme because Brutus only cares about what he thought about Julius and Antony cared about the actions of Julius. Antony cared about how he was his friend and that how good and or evil actions will stay or leave. Brutus just talks about how he is an honorable man and uses that aginst Julius saying that all the people should listen to him because he is honorable he says Julius was too ambitious and didn't care about those below him.

I hoped this help I feel like it didn't but use it if you want to.