Mark Antony

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Presented By:Avijit Srivastava Bhanu Pratap Singh Deepak Jaiswal Devendra Kashyap Prashant Prasad Sachin Kumar

It is a famous tragedy by William Shakespeare which is

believed to be written in the year 1599. The play portrays a conspiracy that took place in round 44 BC against the Roman dictator Julius Caesar, his assassination and at last, the defeat of the conspirators in the final battle of Philippi.

Julius Caesar Dictator of Rome Mark Antony Friend of Caesar and one of the

leaders of Rome after Caesars death Marcus Brutus Friend of Caesar who killed him for the good of Room Cassius Leader of the conspiracy against Caesar and brother-in-law of Brutus Octavius Caesar Nephew of Julius Caesar and first Roman Emperor

The plot of Julius Caesar revolves around conspiracies, an assassination and

revenge. A Conspiracy is planned to assassinate Caesar who is a roman general and has returned from the battle of Pompey to his home after a long time. They planned to kill Caesar on Ides of March. On the Ides of March, Brutus and Cassius stabbed him on his back. Mark Antony who was one of the most loyal friends of Caesar, when heard the news of Caesars assassination, decided to avenge his death. Mark Antony was asked to provoke and instigate roman people and to turn them in the favour of the conspirators. Mark Antony who wanted to avenge his friends death, first agreed to speak in favour of Brutus because he knew that if he would directly speak against the conspirators, then he would also be killed. At the end of the plot, Mark Antony ,after the death of Brutus, stated at the end that Brutus was a noble man and great warrior, since he fought for a fair cause.

Persuasive Good orator Confident Loyal to his friends Intellectual Clever Instigating Courageous Strategists Emotional Stability Assertive Logical

Mark Antony was a great leader because he had such

qualities which made him a great democratic leader persuasiveness, self-confidence, emotional stability, assertiveness and immense intellectuality. Mark Antony had great persuasive skills. He used to persuade people by using many phrases. Mark Antony was also a great strategist.

Mark Antony brought a fake will of Julius Caesar into

the limelight so that he could enrage the Roman crowd, by convincing them that assassination was morally wrong. Though at initial stage, he used the fake will, just to convince the roman mob, but later he tried to use it for his own benefit.

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