Value Points :

• Antony - moved words after witnessing Caesar’s dead body

• He is reminded of Caesar’s noble qualities and the trust he reposed in their relationship. 

• As a tribute to Caesar’s nobility and their friendship, he seeks revenge by inciting the mob, recounting Caesar’s good qualities, reading his will and appealing to their emotions, provoked civil war/mutiny.

Detailed Answer :

Mark Antony is clever statesman and a good friend of Caesar. He is foresighted enough. It is upto him to turn the tide, which threatens to flow on the side of the conspirators. Antony proves to be strong in all the ways Brutus proves to be weak. His impulsive, improvisatory nature serving him perfectly to persuade the conspirators that he is on their side, thus gaining leniency. Throughout his speech, he keeps repeating, ‘Brutus is an honourable man.’ “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him,” whereas he does just the opposite. He is able to persuade the plebeians of the conspirators’ injustice and gains mass support. He contradicts the charges of Brutus that Caesar was ambitious by pointing out that Caesar had refused the crown thrice, had filled the coffers of Rome and wept for all Romans. Antony proves himself to be a consummate politician, using gestures and rhetoric to his advantage. He graphically displays all the stabs, Brutus and others have inflicted on Caesar’s body and uses Caesars’ body to exploit the plebeians emotionally. He deliberately thrusts the words’ mutiny’ and ‘riot’ at them and gets the desired results.

 As a tribute to Caesar’s nobility and their friendship he seeks revenge by inciting the mob, recounting caesar’s good qualities, reading his will and appealing to their emotions, proved the civil war. Antony never separates his private affairs from his public actions. So Antony’s eulogy at Caesar’s funeral is a master-stroke, and the mention of Caesar’s will that leaves money and his property to all Romans, acts as the final nail in the coffin of the conspirators. So Antony’s speech is a combination of wit, irony, sarcasm, pathos and satire.