Marc Anthony for President
Mark Anthony for President
Phipps Marvil Although Marc Anthony is as a noble roman, a soldier, and a statesman, he is too judgmental, a playboy, but more importantly, passions influence him too easily, which won’t allow him to be the truly great and stable minded leader, Rome required at that point in history. Marc Anthony demonstrates many good qualities that would make him a good president in Julius Caesar. His most defining characteristic is that he is able to unite a nation with his words. The most important scene spot lighting Marc Anthony was his stirring eulogy to the people of Rome. He starts his eulogy with the words,“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones” (Act 3, scene 2). He compares himself with the common folk, which allow people to feel connected to him. Another good quality Anthony demonstrates is that he is an able statesman and general. He proves that he is a capable general when he, Octavius, and Lepidus allied in order to combat Brutus and Cassius. He was successful in battle when his army defeats Brutus at the field of Phillipi (Act V). Marc Anthony also demonstrates that he is an able statesman, when Julius Caeser was assassinated. Marc Anthony was put in charge of the eastern Roman Empire, which included the modern day Middle East, near Egypt. However, In Julius Caesar, Anthony demonstrates bad qualities; for example, his passions influence him greatly. This can be seen by his soliloquy in Act 3 scene 1. Marc Anthony is demonstrating his detest for what the conspirators did to Caesar: O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue—
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be
Phipps Marvil Although Marc Anthony is as a noble roman, a soldier, and a statesman, he is too judgmental, a playboy, but more importantly, passions influence him too easily, which won’t allow him to be the truly great and stable minded leader, Rome required at that point in history. Marc Anthony demonstrates many good qualities that would make him a good president in Julius Caesar. His most defining characteristic is that he is able to unite a nation with his words. The most important scene spot lighting Marc Anthony was his stirring eulogy to the people of Rome. He starts his eulogy with the words,“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones” (Act 3, scene 2). He compares himself with the common folk, which allow people to feel connected to him. Another good quality Anthony demonstrates is that he is an able statesman and general. He proves that he is a capable general when he, Octavius, and Lepidus allied in order to combat Brutus and Cassius. He was successful in battle when his army defeats Brutus at the field of Phillipi (Act V). Marc Anthony also demonstrates that he is an able statesman, when Julius Caeser was assassinated. Marc Anthony was put in charge of the eastern Roman Empire, which included the modern day Middle East, near Egypt. However, In Julius Caesar, Anthony demonstrates bad qualities; for example, his passions influence him greatly. This can be seen by his soliloquy in Act 3 scene 1. Marc Anthony is demonstrating his detest for what the conspirators did to Caesar: O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue—
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be
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