Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. The importance of Mark Antony's soliloquy (funeral speech).

In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony delivers a very strong and persuasive funeral oration in Caesar's honor. Antony himself was a trusted friend of Caesar and manipulated the conspirators of the play in thinking that he approved of their deed. With his influential tone and methods of verbal communication, Antony had his audience in an awe of disgust and hate. Mark Antony's funeral speech: A soliloquy that changed the play of …

…the play, but like him or not, you must hand it to him. Antony holds one of the best funeral speeches known to man. He uses a heap of modern literary techniques which gracefully complement him at the end of his speech. He spoke with words so beautifully put, that the only people that weren't beside him were the original conspirators. Mark Antony's speech has set an ideal standard for all speeches yet to come.