Month: November 2016

Brutus and his friend Lucilius meet Pindarus, servant and friend to Cassius, with Titinius, another mutual buddy.

They discuss tha fact that Cassius has been involved in some shady business, which can jeopardise their relationship.

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Anthony, Octavia and Lepidus gatherer together with a checklist of a number of men who supported the Conspirators. They plan to kill these men. Lepidus agrees that his brother can be killed as long as Anthony’s nephew is also killed.

As soon as Lepidus leaves Anthony talks trash behind his back calling weak and saying that the only reason why he listens to Lepidus was because he is more experienced than Octavius.

However Octavius disagrees he thinks that Lepidus is avoid soldier. Anthony says that his horse is also a good solider, good at being controlled and told what to do.

They then talk tactics on how to beat Brutus’ and Cassius’ increasing army.

Shakespeare shows Anthony’s reaction to Caesar’s death by making him react friendly in front of the very men who just murdered his King. Examples of this is when he shakes every conspirators bloody hands and calls them brave as well as gentlemen, when in fact he is being sarcastic. This can be backed up with evidence such as when Anthony is finally all by himself and his soliloquy is about his revenge. Also during his soliloquy he calls the conspirators “butchers” this means that he is not satisfied with the conspirators reasons’ for assassinating Caesar.

Another use of figurative language is used when Anthony says “Domestic fury and fierce civil strife shall cumber all the parts of Italy” Shakespeare uses personification to describe Anthony’s anger at Italy for potentially not giving any punishment to the “butchers” Anthony is so shocked by Caesar’s dead corpse that he can’t get over the fact that this “God” and this “almighty fierce person” is lying down in front of him.

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