Brutus fears antony
Brutus feels that it is only right to let Antony speak, because he was so close to Caesar and the only way that the conspirators can ever repay him in any way is to let him give a speech at Caesar's funeral.
Mark Antony repeatedly refers to Brutus as "an honorable man".
Brutus made the argument. "our course will seem too bloody caisus cassius..........and for Marc Antony think not of him, for he can do no more that caesars arm when caesars head is off. u r welcome
Cassius thinks Antony might convince the masses that Caesar was wronged instead of the conspirators helping to save them from Caesar's future power abuse
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.
Brutus and Antony.
The crowd did react to Brutus and Anthony funeral speeches because they had much intellectual appeal.
Because Antony promised he would not do the very thing he ended up doing, and Brutus trusted him. Unfortunately for Brutus he really was an "honourable man".
Antony would have his way with or without his approval because he is the head of the army.
caesars funerl orations were "::::: brutus concentrates on Caesar: mark Antony concentrates on romes greatness
Brutus feels that it is only right to let Antony speak, because he was so close to Caesar and the only way that the conspirators can ever repay him in any way is to let him give a speech at Caesar's funeral.
He made two decisions about Antony, he firstly decides not to kill him along with Caesar in fear of being seen as "butchers"; and after the assassination of Caesar, he decides to allow Antony to speak at caesars funeral. which in turn is brutus' ultimate downfall.
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Brutus believes that Antony is the same kind of person he is; a man who can be trusted to keep his word and act honourably. While Antony is suggesting that Brutus is dishonourable by calling him honourable, he himself is acting dishonourably by breaking the spirit of his promise to Brutus. Irony upon irony!
During Caesar's funeral, Antony refers to Brutus as an honorable man. This is said sarcastically as Brutus was a traitor to Caesar.
Brutus appeals to reason, Antony to emotion.
Apart from Brutus and Antony, nobody spoke at the funeral. Unfortunately after Antony's speech a riot ensued and the crowd dispersed. One hopes that Antony had the decency to pick up Caesar's corpse from the Capitol steps and deal with it in some kind of hygenic manner.