.e Caesar. Cassius, nevertheless, is prophetically doubtful, "I think it is not meet, Mark Antony, so well belov'd of Caesar, should outlive Caesar, we shall find of him a shrewd contriver." (Act II Sc. i) According to Brutus, Mark Antony is " given to sports, to wildness, and much company." (Act II, Sc. i) thus adding to his image of a frivolous, sycophantic character.
Antony's second main appearance is immediately after Caesar's murder, Antony enters and discusses his supposed motives regarding the recent happenings with the conspirators, who have by no means made their sacrifice of the potential despot a clandestine affair. In this scene, there are a few first signs of Mark Antony's revelation. He appears peaceable, and offers his life to the conspirators as a sign of his pious devotion to Caesar, and seems to affirm Brutus' view of him as a useless "limb." However, with Caesar gone, Antony, who was silently subservient earlier on in the play, noticeably speaks more frequently. After a show of mercy and modesty, An
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