Question

Read the passage, in which Mark Antony delivers his funeral speech for Julius Caesar: 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. Should be one or two complete paragraphs. ( Title) Excerpt from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare: ​Here's the end of the story: ( Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.​

Answer 1

I haven't a full answer for you, but here's how I'd suggest you start it:

There's clear evidence of your theme in the lines "When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept."

Reason being: Brutus only told (verbally) the people that Caesar was ambitious, giving no examples that are actual proof of how the great Julius Caesar acted. However, Mark Antony states right off the bat of what Caesar had done in his life-time. Antony decidedly debunks Brutus of any honourable traits as he continues with his Eulogy, as the more Antony says Brutus is "honourable," the more it is hypocritically placed. (What I'm trying to say here is the more Antony says Brutus is honourable, it actually counter-intuitive, Antony is trying to take away any honour the horrible man had.)