That Brutus "is a honourable man".
to pretend to honor them
That Brutus "is a honourable man".
In his speech against Brutus and the conspirators, Antony emphasizes the betrayal of Julius Caesar by highlighting his positive contributions to Rome and questioning the motives behind the assassination. He repeatedly refers to Brutus as an "honorable man" while juxtaposing this with evidence of Caesar's generosity and the conspirators' treachery. By showcasing Caesar's will, which bequeaths money to the citizens, Antony stirs public emotion and incites doubt about the conspirators' justification for their actions. Ultimately, his rhetoric shifts public opinion against Brutus and the conspirators, igniting a riot.
In his speech against Brutus, Antony highlights the contradiction in Brutus's claim that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome, arguing instead that Brutus's actions stemmed from envy and ambition. He repeatedly refers to Brutus as an "honorable man," using irony to undermine Brutus's character and intentions. Through his emotional appeals and the presentation of Caesar's will, Antony seeks to sway public opinion against the conspirators, ultimately igniting the crowd's anger and turning them against Brutus and the other assassins.
In his speech, Antony aims to convey the message that Brutus and the conspirators' claim of assassinating Caesar for the good of Rome is flawed and hypocritical. By repeatedly referring to Brutus as an "honorable man" while highlighting Caesar's accomplishments and the injustices he faced, Antony seeks to sway public opinion against the conspirators. Ultimately, he stirs the emotions of the crowd, transforming their grief into anger, and inciting them to question the motives behind Caesar's murder.
If you mean his "Friends! Romans! Countrymen!" speech, he is not so much making a point as crying havoc and loosing the dogs of war, as he said he would. The speech is a remarkable appeal to the emotions of the Roman mob, not to their reason. When you sneer sarcastically "and sure, he is an honourable man" the emotional response of the hearer is to agree "right, he is no honourable man" without thinking. Brutus is certainly an honourable man; Antony himself says so at the end of the play after Brutus is dead and no longer a threat. Antony is not making a point, but trying to get the mob into an irrational rage which will hunt the conspirators out of the city and give Antony the opportunity to replace Caesar as dictator.
His opinion on Marc Antony is that Antony is just the limb of Caesar. There is no point in killing him either. Antony is a friend of Brutus and he seems loyal but then Brutus will soon find out that Antony is a traitor to him and but of course despises him.
He keeps on saying that Brutus is an honourable man when the message he is trying to convey is that Brutus is not an honourable man at all.
Because it is obvious if Octavius and Cassius lost, then Brutus and Antony must have won.
Brutus and Cassius delivered speech to convince the roman mob and give proper reasons for Caesar's death. Then Mark Antony delivered his funeral speech where he succeeded to influence the mindset of the fickle-minded mob in his favour. They began considering Julius Caesar to be the noblest man in Rome. They ran into rage against the conspirators. Brutus and Cassius were driven out of the Gates of Rome and Cinna the poet was killed when the mob punished him for a matching name with Cinna the Conspirator. The armies of 'Brutus and Cassius' and 'Antony and Octabius' geared to fight each other.
Cassius knows that giving Antony a chance to speak at Caesar's funeral will put them in trouble as Brutus is a good orator and will sway the mob against him. He also knows that what they did was wrong and Antony will easily turn the people against them as truth is more powerul than treachery. The romans also love Caesar and that will definitely be a plus point for Antony.
Brutus was Caesar's protégé before Antony came along and a close friend. Caesar appears to feel that if even his close friends have turned against him, what is the point of resisting. Hence "And you too, Brutus?"