Cassius asks Antony to deliver Caesar’s funeral speech.

Brutus lists the conditions that Antony must follow at Caesar’s funeral.

Compare the speeches given by Antony and Brutus

ulius Caesarby William Shakespeare(excerpt from Act 3, Scene II)In the prior acts of Julius Caesar, noble Romans have conspired against their leader, Caesar, and assassinated him. In this scene, Brutus, a well-respected man and longtime friend of Caesar, has addressed the people of Rome to explain why they've conspired against Caesar. Marc Antony, another longtime friend of Caesar, also gives a speech.MARC ANTONY: 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 interrèd with their bones.So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious.If it were so, it was a grievous fault,And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—For Brutus is an honorable man;So are they all, all honorable men—Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me.But Brutus says he was ambitious,And Brutus is an honorable man.He hath brought many captives home to RomeWhose ransoms did the general coffers fill.Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept.Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And Brutus is an honorable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,And, sure, he is an honorable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once, not without cause.What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?2Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.Who is most likely the intended audience for Marc Antony’s speech?Marc Antony intends for his speech to affect .

The scene opens with Brutus seeming tense. What details hint at his emotional state before Cassius even arrives?

Who leads the desertion of Antony's soldiers to Caesar's side?