Mark Antony was indeed a wonderful orator. His funeral speech is a masterpiece of eloquence and oratory. He straightaway targeted the audience. He aroused their passions by showing Caesar’s cloak and wounds on the dead body. His master stroke was his ironical use of the word ‘honourable’. His speech achieved both the purposes. It was able to create sympathy for the dead Caesar and it aroused the mob’s fury and anger against the conspirators. He aroused sympathy for Caesar by reading his will. Caesar opened all his parks and orchards for public use. Then Antony proved that Brutus and others were liars. Caesar was not ambitious. He refused the crown that was offered to him thrice. All these instances in the play prove that Antony was a matchless orator. His speech contained all the elements that made a perfect orator. His pungent remarks, irony and mockery made the desired effect on the masses.
