![]() I’ve come to attend Caesar’s funeral, not to praise him. ‘Friends, Romans, countrymen’ Monologue Translationįriends, Romans and countrymen, please give me your close attention. My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,Īnd I must pause till it come back to me. O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,Īnd men have lost their reason. What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him? You all did love him once, not without cause: I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Īmbition should be made of sterner stuff: Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: He hath brought many captives home to Rome He was my friend, faithful and just to me: Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest– The good is oft interred with their bones I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Read the ‘ Friends, Romans, countrymen’ Julius Caesar monologue below with a modern English translation & analysis: Spoken by Marc Antony, Julius Caesar, Act 3 Scene 2įriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale ![]() This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15. ![]() Mark Antony starts out that way, remembering Caesar as a friend, but then he begins to manipulate the crowd and turn them against the assassins. ![]() They contemplate murdering Mark Antony as well, but decide instead to co-opt him to their side and allow him to deliver a funeral speech for Caesar, provided he only speak personally and not politically. Caesar had been murdered just hours before, and while Brutus and the other assassins are confident in the justness of their cause, the situation is very dangerous. The speaker, Mark Antony, is one of Caesar’s allies. Although the content of the scene is politically and psychologically complex and will be above the level of many beginners, the differences in style and costume should catch the attention of any viewer. Why not spend a few homeschool minutes this weekend with these different versions of Mark Antony’s famous speech “Friends, Romans, Countrymen!” from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, and discuss their similarities and differences with your students. Plays are written to be performed, and the best way for students (and adults!) to understand them is by seeing not just one, but several different performances. It can be difficult for young people to understand what’s happening in a play just by reading the printed text. ![]() ❡ Filling in the background: For a quick homeschool review of the life and times of Julius Caesar, and of his assassination on the Ides of March in 44 B.C., turn to pages 108–109 in your River Houses history encyclopedia. We’re going to wrap up our unofficial Julius Caesar Week today with several renditions of one of the most famous speeches from Shakespeare’s plays: “Friends, Romans, Countrymen! Lend me your ears!” ![]()
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