Often asked: Who reads Caesar’s will?

The plebeians call the conspirators traitors and demand that Antony read the will. Finally, Antony descends from the pulpit and prepares to read the letter to the people as they stand in a circle around Caesar’s corpse.

Who reads the will in Julius Caesar?

When the crowd demands he read the will, Antony hesistates again, allowing the pressure to build up, but in the process he “accidentally” tells them more detail about its contents: ‘Tis good you know not that you are his heirs, For if you should, O, what would come of it!

Who says the will the will we will hear Caesar’s will?

Antony. Here is the will, and under Caesar’s seal. To every Roman citizen he gives, To every several man, seventy-five drachmas.

What does Antony reveal about Caesar’s will?

What does Antony say they will do to Caesar’s will? Antony says he wil cut off the expenses to the people in Caesar’s will. The reason Antony gives in letting Lepidus help chose who shall die is that they can’t blame the murders on him.

Why does Antony tell the crowd that he will not read the will?

Why does Antony mention the will if he does not mean to read it? Antony mentions the will because he is trying to get the people to listen to him, he’s trying to get them to be on his side.

Does Antony read the will?

Antony calls to them to let him finish: he has not yet read the will. He now reads that Caesar has bequeathed a sum of money from his personal holdings to every man in Rome. The citizens are struck by this act of generosity and swear to avenge this selfless man’s death.

What was in Caesar’s will?

In his will, Julius Caesar gave 75 drachmas (about $6000 in today’s situation) to every man in Rome. He had also left all his walkways to the Roman people—in his private gardens and newly planted orchards—on the side of the Tiber River. This helped Antony in convincing the crowd about Caesar’s innocence and greatness.

What did Brutus say at Caesar’s funeral?

At Caesar’s funeral, which happens in Act III, Scene 2, Brutus argues that what the conspirators did was necessary. He says that Caesar was trying to get too much power for himself. For this reason, he says, Caesar had to be killed. He says that he loved Caesar, but he helped to kill Caesar because he loved Rome more.

Who gave speech after Julius Caesar death?

Antony has been allowed by Brutus and the other conspirators to make a funeral oration for Caesar on condition that he will not blame them for Caesar’s death; however, while Antony’s speech outwardly begins by justifying the actions of Brutus and the assassins (“I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”), Antony uses

What does he say was in Caesar’s will for the people?

What was in Caesar’s will for the Roman citizens in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare? In Caesar’s will, he gives seventy-five drachmas to every Roman citizen and bequeaths his private gardens and newly planted orchards on both sides of the Tiber River to the public.

Why does Antony talk about Caesar’s will?

Antony turns everyone against Brutus and the conspirators because nobody stayed to make sure that he kept his word. Why does Antony read Caesar’s will to the people? He reads it to them because it will make them mad. It indicates that Caesar could have been good for Rome.

Did Antony really have Caesar’s will?

We are supposed to believe that after Caesar’s death, Antony raced to JC’s house, quickly explained to Calpurnia that JC is dead, quickly found his will, and made it back to the senate in time to give his speech. The contents of Caesar’s will is Antony’s key in “turning” the people against the conspirators.

Why does Antony’s mention of Caesar’s will act so strongly on the crowd?

The will is such an important prop in this scene because it allows for the people of Rome to see they Caesar was giving his money to everybody and it also proved how much Caesar loved and cared for the people. “Have patience, gentle friends.

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