Antony

I Antony seems to be extremely devoted and loyal to Caesar.
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Along with his devotion, Antony helps Ceasar personally. An example of this is on page 786 when Caesar was getting angry and was feeling threatened, Antony calmed him down by saying, 'Fear him not, Caesar, he's not dangerous; He is a noble Roman, and well given.'

Antony is shown to be a character who does not think much for himself in the first act of the play. He is in fact a very minor character. He has only but a few lines. His very first line being the prime example of his apparent lack of thought. Antony says to Caesar, "When Caesar says, “do this,” it is performed" (1.2.10). He followed Caesar's order without a train of thought.

-Because of his loyalty and strong devotion to Caesar, Antony almost seems like one of his servants. For example when he says "Caesar, my lord?"(1.2.5) Although he acts like a loyal dog, we see that Caesar does trust in him. This hints at the fact that he is more then just a follower.

Antony is a man who loved Caesar immensely and thought very highly of him. So highly that when he found Caesar's dead body he thought of death for himself just because of this loss. This is shown when Antony says "Who else must be let blood, who else is rank. If I myself, there is no hour so fit As Caesar’s death’s hour" (3.1.162-164). When Antony says this he is saying that if the conspirators were to come after him, then he would be perfectly okay with that, because he would die with Caesar.

-In the middle of act III scene I we still see the loyal Antony, crying and mourning the death of Caesar. He takes the trait of being weak by "trusting" in the conspirators and acting as if on their side. Antony tries to make a deal that if the conspirators tell him why they murdered Caesar then he will find reason to support them. Brutus sort of denies his request but they agree on Antony speaking at the funeral for Caesar. By declaring this so called fair deal the conspirators leave Antony to finish mourning and to carry the body to where the public will be. At this time everything seems alright and on good terms between Antony and the Conspirators.

-When the conspirators leave Antony alone we see a completely different side of him. He now shows that he has his own thoughts and opinions and if very strong willed. He wants to seek out revenge against the conspirators. "And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With ate by his side come hot from hell" (3.1.270-271) Stating that Caesars spirit will find revenge and there will be war and terror from hell. Antony plans to provoke these happenings. From this point forward Antony is like a completely different man.

Antony is a very charismatic and intelligent character. The complete opposite of what he appeared to be in the first act. He is able to sway a crowd that was in complete support of Brutus to his side with a single speech at the funeral for Caesar. He is able to convince the people of Rome that Caesar was in fact the exact opposite of what Brutus had told them that he was. He was able to convince the crowd that Caesar was not ambitious at all using various persuasive techniques.

-Antony was very clever in his speech. He used many persuasive techniques to guide the crowd away from Brutus. For example he says "I am no orator, as Brutus is; but (as you know me all) a plain blunt man" (3.2.219-220) when he is the exact opposite. By saying the opposite thing then what he means, e makes the audience think. By the end of the speech the crowd is wild with anger. By the words of Antony, Caesar will get his revenge.

Antony had changed character from act 3 to act 4. He starts to become very merciless and starting to act like a ruler of Rome already. In act 4 scene 1, Antony discusses with Octavius and Lepidus who they think they should kill. Antony even goes as far as to reduce the amount of money that was suppose to be given to the people of Roman because of Caesar's will. Antony is starting to become like the Caesar Brutus thought he had killed, an ambitious one.

-In scene V Antony also takes on a role of leadership. He probably feels that he will take the place of Caesar and lead Rome when this is all over. But the power may be going to his head a bit. He feels that he is at a higher standard then Brutus and Cassius by saying "You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds" (5.1.41-42). Like Caesar had shown throughout the play. Antony seems to have no sense of respect for these men and plan to take them down during the war.

By the very end of the play we see Antony's passionate side again. When he learns of Brutus' death he calls Brutus "...the noblest Roman of them all" (5.5.73). He shows sympathy and respect for Brutus for what he has done, instead of the rage he had in act 3. He could possibly even show as much respect for Brutus at this point as he did for Caesar.

"Fear him not, Caesar, he's not a dangerouse; He is a noble Roman, and well given."-By matt not kayla) This shows antony sticking up for his alllies and being loyal.

"Had I as many eyes as though hast wounds, weeping as fast as they stream forth thy blood" -matt This shows antonys compassion and love for Caeser by useing similes to compare his greif. ||
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Antony is very obediant. he does whatever Caesar wants or needs him to do. He even said in scene one, act two, on page 779 "When Caesar says "Do this" it is performed". It seems as if Caesar treats Antony as a servant, ordering him to whip his wife and such, yet Antony is devoted to Caesar. He offered him the crown 3 times and does whatever he says. It seems to me that Antony is like a dog devoted to it's master in want of love and kindness even when beaten. Antony is also very loyal

Antony is a coward. When it came to helping out Casear he ran away and was afraid of what the conspirators might do to him. the only way he would come back is if the conspirators promised they wouldnt hurt him.

Antony wants to revenge Caesars death. He pretends to be friends with conspirators and he also trust them for why they killed Caesar. He beleieves they had a good reason to do it. This is part of his plan to get back at Brutus and the conspirators.

Antony is very respectful towards Brutus. He calls Brutus a noble roman. he does this because he believes Brutus is the only conspirator that killed Caesar for the good of Rome. Not for the good of himself.

Antony is noble in the way that he went to avenge Caesar by battling Brutus and Cassius's army.

Antony is loyal to Caesar in the way that he allows Caesar's nephew, Octavius, to rule the empire with him.

Antony respects Brutus even after his death by saying he was a noble man that was truely great for killing Caesar for the greater good of Rome.

Antony seems to be just a follower of Caesar and a servant for caesar at the beginning but shows his trueself in his speech at the market when he reveals his true feelings and when he goes to avenge Caesar. ||