Answer the following in about 120 words:
How was Mark Antony successful in setting mischief afoot?

Solution

Antony's speech undermines the conspirators even while it appears deferential to them. He manages to turn the mob against the conspirators. Antony's speech was emotional and cleverly appealed to the emotional appeals of the mob. Antony uses many rhetorical questions to persuade the people to go against the conspirators and support him and Caesar's goals. This entire speech won over the crowd and turned them against the conspirators. When Antony delivered this speech, his words melted with those of Caesar's to rouse the masses against the injustice of the assassination. This is how Mark Antony was successful in setting mischief afoot.

Some More Questions From Julius Caesar Chapter

Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:

'The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.'

(a) Who is the speaker? Who are 'you'?

(b) How did Caesar pay for being ambitious?

(c) What argument did the speaker give to show that Brutus was wrong in his judgement of Caesar?

Why does Calpurnia try to stop Caesar from going to the senate?

'Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.'

Brutus says this as he justifies to the Romans why Caesar was assassinated by them. Do you agree with Brutus? Justify your answer in 120‒150 words by giving examples from the play.

What values does Brutus display as he says this line to the Romans?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
'Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest stretch’d mine arm so far,
To be afraid to tell graybeards the truth?
Decius, go and tell them Caesar will not come’.
(a) Why has Decius come to Caesar’s place?
(b) What message does Caesar give him?
(c) Who are the ‘Graybeards’ referred to here?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

‘Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest stretch’d mine arm so far,
To be afraid to tell graybeards the truth?
Decius, go and tell them Caesar will not come’.

(a) Why has Decius come to Caesar’s place?

(b) What message does Caesar give him?

(c) Who are the ‘graybeards’ referred to here?

How does Brutus convince the Romans that Caesar deserved his death?

They that have done this deed are honorable:
What private grief’s they have, alas, I know not,
That made them do it'……………….

(a) Who is the speaker?

(b) What deed have 'they' done?

(c) What does the word, 'grief’s' mean?

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Julius Caesar

Answer the following in about 120 words:
How was Mark Antony successful in setting mischief afoot?

Some More Questions From Julius Caesar Chapter

Why does Calpurnia try to stop Caesar from going to the senate?

How does Brutus convince the Romans that Caesar deserved his death?

How did Caesar make the Romans his heirs?