Value Points :

• loyal friend

• shocked and grieved at the murder

• proves charges against Caesar as baseless

• incites / enrages / instigates the mob to revolt against the conspirators violence and war follows / mutiny

• avenges Caesar’s death

Detailed Answer :

Loyalty and friendship are two sides of the same coin where one can’t do without the other. Mark Antony is a good example of a loyal friend who avenges the hurt caused to his friend, Julius Caesar through his address to the mob. He convinced everyone listening to him that a wrong had been done to Caesar by assassinating him and he had been unjustly killed. He praised Caesar for all the noble deeds he had done. He highlights the noble deeds of Caesar. He tells them that Caesar had brought captives to Rome after the war and had filled the treasury. He instigates the mob by showing the blood-stained corpse of Caesar, leading out his will where in he had given seventy five drachmas to each Roman and had left his walks, orchards etc. for the Romans. He praises Caesar by telling him he had been offered the crown thrice but he refused it. On hearing his provocative speech, the mob takes torches and leaves the place to burn the houses of conspirators. Thus, Antony proves his loyalty to Julius Caesar by bringing the conspirators to justice.