True Friend or Opportunist?

True Friend or Opportunist? The most vulnerable time to take advantage of your friend is when he is lost. As a friend, would you take advantage of his weakness and abuse it? In the play, the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, a character named Markus Antonius abuses the power of his friend after his friend’s death. Mark Antony may be a loyal friend; however, he makes his actions questionable. As a loyal friend, Mark Antony plans to search for revenge with the help from Octavius Caesar and stepped up to save Rome for Caesar. Antony steps into the scene right after the moment Caesar gets killed. He sees the conspirators with their swords and bloody hands. Antony gets this clever thought of pretending to be on the same side as then. Once he’s all alone with Caesar’s dead body, he speaks truthfully. On act 3, scene 1, he says, “ All pity choked with custom of fell deeds; And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge…” His speech shows how much hatred he has with the men and hints what he intends to do about the murder. On the other hand, Antony just might not be the loyal friend he seems to be to the public. He must’ve had his own intentions. Mark Antony stirs up the citizens to kill the assassins, instead of him, and he is willing to kill his own nephew. Antony is not exactly who he appears to be; when it came to giving up on his nephew, he did not hesitate. In the scene where Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus discusses over a list of their enemies of who must be killed, Antony reveals his heartless side by saying,” He shall not live. Look, with a spot I damn him.” As a demonstrative person as he, this hidden personality is a surprise. These proofs make him a ruthless opportunist. Mark Antony may seem one way to the public, but personally some of his actions show another. After the death of Caesar, Antony quickly revealed his hidden side that showed him as either a friend or rival. From all of the gathered evidence, about Antony’s loyalty to