Marco Antonio’s speech about Julio César
Marco Antonio’s speech is clearly linked to emotions, playing with these makes the people question the veracity of the words of Gross, but at first without positioning against him, this is why the doubt arises if Julio César really was so ambitious as gross had previously exposed.
Through the following formula: "I was my friend, faithful and fair with me, although Gross says she was ambitious, and Gross is a man of honor," Marco Antonio puts several examples in which the "extreme ambition" of July is questioned Cease:
- He brought captives that filled the state coffers
- When the poor groaned, César cried
- He offered the royal crown 3 times and 3 times rejected it
Marco Antonio builds his speech from his most human side and emphasizes that leaving aside what the men say they call themselves honorable (referring to Brutus and the rest of people who accompanied him in César’s death) César’s words always They had been valid for the people and had never been questioned. And suddenly after the speech of gross everything that Caesar had said and done by the people was not worth anything.
He also supports the speech in César’s lifeless body, through his wounds and his blood. It is at this time when Marco Antonio is perceived as honest, sincere and close to the people thanks to his rhetoric and what he is showing the citizens of Rome. This finally causes citizens to unleash and understand how the worst of betrayals have been carried out to a person who had demonstrated that he loved his people.
On the other hand, it is curious the way in which he describes himself as a worse speaker than gross, when it is obvious that his speech is very studied. Starting with arguments that do not have so much emotional weight until they reach the total persuasion thanks to the emotional elements that I have previously named. In addition, I consider it important.
Finally, and after reading the Testament of Julio César, what Marco Antonio achieves from his words is an uprising of those present against Gross and the rest of the conspirators.
Unlike Gross speech, Marco Antonio gives him an emotional style not only for the words he uses that they sound honest and sincere but because of the expression of his face, since it is mentioned that he has red eyes of crying.
In addition, Marco Antonio builds his speech from which he had previously made gross and very gradually gives such a turn to the same that ends up positioning himself not only to himself but to the entire audience, totally against what had been established with Previous and this is undoubtedly thanks to its way of persuading the audience and the way in which it argues in response to citizens’ reactions.
As for Marlon Brando’s interpretation as Marco Antonio, you can see how when he talks about César he does it with his chest. In the tone of voice a certain irony is perceived when he speaks of the honesty of Gross and the rest of the conspirators. You can also see how he plays with the different emotions as he is talking, he looks excited to the point of not being able to speak, he is attentive to the audience’s looks to further highlight his expression of pain and sadness, He is also seen angry and indignant as he mentions the honesty of others and his unfair to César. From the moment he takes the parchment, his attitude denotes incite. He presents an attitude of leader that motivates the people to mobilize against the traitors, putting their emotions in leather.
In summary, Gross’s speech is perceived colder and impersonal than Marco Antonio, who manages to capture the attention of the listeners and awaken his emotions, gaining their trust and positioning them against the gross.
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