Figurative Language In Julius Caesar

It is interesting to see that with a couple of words people’s opinion change entirely. In the tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare writes about the Roman tyrant Julius Caesar, who is killed in the hands of the conspirators, because they fear the damage that his ambition could cause. After his assassination, a funeral is held in Caesar’s honor; two speeches are given: one by the conspirator Marcus Junius Brutus and the other speech is given by Caesar’s dearest friend, Mark Antony. In these speeches Brutus justifies his actions, he explains himself by saying that what he has done was for the good of Rome; in the other hand, Antony employs emotional words to show how hurt he is for his lost. It is said to never mistake the power of influence; if someone can change people’s way of thinking just by expressing their beliefs, then it is considered a winner; therefore, Antony had the best speech,

In an indirect way, Antony states, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, /And, sure, he is an honorable man” (2.3. 97-98). During Antony’s speech, he reiterates the fact that Brutus is an honorable man. This method is a way of indirect irony, because Antony is trying to show the fact that if Brutus is supposed to be honorable, it is incorrect for him to have those kind of actions. Antony states the fact that he once, “presented him a kingly crown,/Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?” (2.3. 95-96). If Caesar is such as ambitious man, there is no reason for him to refuse the crown. From the beginning to end of his speech, Antony is never direct. His use of sarcasm(defined as a “mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual) is very easy notice, exposing Antony’s honest