Julius Caesar: The Development of Mark Antony In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, the author writes the character "Mark Antony" very well. At the beginning of the play Antony is a very good friend of Caesar and cares for him. He treats Cesare like a father with great respect. Antony is very loyal to Caesar and does everything in his power to make Caesar happy, for example while running the race at the beginning of the play, he touches Caesar's wife so that she can be impregnated. After Caesar is killed, Antony becomes very sad and indignant at the betrayal of the conspirators who killed Caesar. Antony only asks to give a speech at Caesar's funeral and Brutus grants him that wish. Antonio is a very intelligent man and has the ability to manipulate the crowd with his speeches. For example in Act 3 During Antony's speech he says But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man. He brought many prisoners home to Rome whose ransoms filled the general coffers: Did this seem ambitious in Caesar? he cried, Caesar cried: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man. With this he shows that Antony is intelligent and has courage because he mocks Brutus and his accusations. And he shows how he can manipulate the crowd by telling of Caesar's wonderful accomplishments. Antony then shows his anger towards the conspirators by convincing the crowd to release their anger by rebelling, going out and killing the conspirators. Antonio then starts a war against the conspirators and when this war begins Antonio transforms from a hero of the people to a normal greedy leader. His hatred for Brutus grows over time and with that hatred grows greed. Antonio begins to think more about his wealth than about the people he should take care of. In Act 5 Antony expresses his feelings towards Brutus before they enter the battle that will decide who is the rightful ruler of Rome. Villains, ye did not so, when your vile daggers struck each other in Caesar's sides: Ye show 'of your teeth like apes, and fawn like hounds, and bow like slaves, kissing Caesar's feet; while the damned Casca, like a cur, behind Caesar struck on the neck.