The Theme is sense of patriotism, Mark Antony is rest in a
difficult position, since he is aware of the fact that the crowd is with the
conspirators and he cannot show his dislike towards the betrayers because of
his friendship with Caesar and throughout the speech, manages to sway the crowd
against the conspirators through his rhetorical irony and strong emotion.
The United States might have been officially neutral, but they made their support for the Allies very clear.
The US loaned weapons and other materials to Britain using FDR's proposed cash-and-carry policy.
Some thought war was too drastic. They thought "wait a second, let's not do something crazy here. Let's just try to work with Britain to get our rights back, instead of overthrowing the whole thing and establishing our own thing. That's just too much." Some thought that we would lose the revolution (which, in all honesty, they had good reason to think that) and didn't want to upset Britain.
