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The irony lies in the fact that Caesar died at the foot of Pompey's statue in the Senate; this is ironic because Caesar had defeated Pompey in a civil war just before he became dictator.

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Marc Antony took Caesar's blood-stained clothes of his body, put the on a pole and waived them to the crowd.


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"Friend, Romans, countrymen. Lend me your ears.I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene 2The above reference is not a soliloquy but rather the funeral oration. A few moments earlier Marc Antony is alone (sorta) speaking to the body of Julius Caesar and predicting what will be coming in Rome's future. ".......cry 'havoc'and let slip the dogs of war".... that's the soliliquy.


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Antony cant talk bad about Caesar, cant about the murders and the last rule i cant remember. Antony is very smart, he follows the rules and makes the speech emotional and tells everybody who killed Caesar BY FOLLOWING THE RULES! every body gets sad and mad and goes off to kill the murders.


What happens after Mark Antony's speech at Julius Caesar's funeral in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

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Where does caesars dead body lie?

at the base of the statue of Pompey the great.This is ironic because Caesar is blamed for Pompey's death even tho he did not directly kill him.


What happend to Julius Caesar's body?

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Did Julius Caesar lose an arm in battle?

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Statistically how many atoms of water in a human body probably passed through Julius Caesar's body?

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