... thought. The next person to be looked upon in Mark Antony, apparently Julius Caesar's right-hand man. He plays the part of the hero as he takes Caesar's side after death and rallies the people against the conspirators. As he speaks to Octavius, though, he shows that he is mainly after the power also in saying ... , of this ominous threat. After a while, the audience is shown and led to believe his true drive. This drive turns out to be pure jealousy of Caesar's popularity and resulting power. He wanted it for himself. Finally, the question of the noble Brutus is at hand. From the start, h...

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... the Senators do not want to lose their own power by Caesar, several of them, led by Cassius, plan to destroy Caesar. Brutus is manipulated into joining the conspiracy, he fears that Caesar, his friend, will become a callous ruler; he openly states his belief that power corrupts all leaders. After Caesar's assassination, Octavius and Antony seek their own power configuration and Cassius, leading ... the conspirators, plots for his own victory. At Caesar's funeral, Antony speaks of the power Caesar had, and also of the supremacy that ... Brutus has attained ever so quickly. " come I to sp...

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... the peasants get angry and burn the houses of all the conspirators and when Mark Antony gets revenge for the murder of his great friend Julius Caesar. Brutus" speech at the funeral at first made sense to the peasants, but it was MarK Antony's speech that struck the hart of the peasants ... so familiar That mothers shall but smile when they behold Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war; All pity choked with custom of fell deeds: And Caesar's sprit ranging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry 'Havoc,' and let ... ...

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... when writing the play. Shakespeare's play seems to demonstrate a continuing struggle for power, whether it be Cleopatra's ever long battle to keep Egypt hers, for she had already made Julius Caesar lay down his sword, or Antony's conflicts within himself to regain his power over not only Rome, but also himself and most importantly Cleopatra, the "cause of his downfall". On ... top of this is Octavius Caesar's fight to become the sole triumpher of Rome, and Pompey's fight to bring himself back to Rome. Would it be better suggested that perhaps his theme was that with great ... fully emb...

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