Biography about mark antony speech translation
Mark antony speech text.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
Quote from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" is the first line of a speech by Mark Antony in the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.
Biography about mark antony speech translation
Occurring in Act III, scene II, it is one of the most famous lines in all of Shakespeare's works.[1]
Summary
Antony has been allowed by Brutus and the other conspirators to make a funeral oration for Caesar on condition that he will not blame them for Caesar's death; however, while Antony's speech outwardly begins by justifying the actions of Brutus and the assassins, Antony uses rhetoric and genuine reminders to ultimately portray Caesar in such a positive light that the crowd is enraged against the conspirators.
Throughout his speech, Antony calls the conspirators "honourable men" – his implied sarcasm becoming increasingly obvious. He begins by carefully rebutting the notion that his friend, Caesar, deserved to die because he w