When the poor of the city suffered, Caesar wept with pity for them. When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Īmbition should be made of sterner stuff:
Does this seem ‘ambitious’ behaviour to you? Let’s look at what Caesar did: he took many enemies prisoner and brought them here to Rome, and these captives’ ransoms, when paid, helped to make Rome rich. Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: He hath brought many captives home to Rome Obviously this last bit is implied, not spoken aloud – but that’s what Mark Antony is building towards. But then, Brutus says Caesar was ambitious, and Brutus is honourable, so ‘I guess I was wrong (but I know I’m not)’. Antony now slowly begins to ease in some praise for Caesar, but keeps it personal to him, rather than making grand, universal statements about Caesar’s good qualities: he was his friend, and faithful and just to him.
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