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1、JuliusCaesarMarcAntony’s“FuneralSpeech”(III,ii,71-105)Friends,Romans,Countrymen,lendmeyourears.IcometoburyCaesar,nottopraisehim.Theevilthatmendolivesafterthem;Thegoodisoftinterredwiththeirbones.SoletitbewithCaesar.ThenobleBrutusHathtoldyouCaesarwasambitious.Ifi
2、twereso,itwasagrievousfault,AndgrievouslyhathCaesaransweredit.Here,underleaveofBrutusandtherest---ForBrutusisanhonorableman;Soaretheyall,allhonorablemen—ComeItospeakinCaesar’sfuneral.Hewasmyfriend,faithfulandjusttome.ButBrutussayshewasambitious,AndBrutusisanhon
3、orableman.HehathbroughtmanycaptiveshometoRomeWhoseransomsdidthegeneralcoffersfill.DidthisinCaesarseemambitious?Whenthatthepoorhavecried,Caesarhathwept.Ambitionshouldbemadeofsternerstuff.YetBrutussayshewasambitious,AndBrutusisanhonorablean.YoualldidseethatontheL
4、upercalIthricepresentedhimakinglycrown,Whichhedidthricerefuse.Wasthisambitious?YetBrutussayshewasambitious,And,sure,heisanhonorableman.IspeaknottodisprovewhatBrutusspoke,ButhereIamtospeakwhatIdoknow.Youalldidlovehimonce,notwithoutcause.Whatcausewithholdsyouthen
5、tomournforhim?OJudgment!Thouartfledtobrutishbeasts,Andmenhavelosttheirreason.Bearwithme.MyheartisinthecoffintherewithCaesar,AndImustpausetillitcomebacktome.Friends,Romans,countrymen,lendmeyourears;Fromarhythmicperspective,thetrochaicfeelofthisopeningimmediately
6、commandsattention.ThesuccessionofhardstressesisalsoShakespeare'swayofusingtheversetohelpAntonycutthroughthedinofthecrowd.AntonyalsoechoestheopeninglinethatBrutususes("Romans,countrymen,andlovers!"),butconspicuouslyrearrangesit;whereBrutusbeginswith"Romans"toref
7、lecthisappealtotheirreason,Antonybeginswith"friends,"whichreflectsthemoreemotionaltacthewilltakethroughouttherestofhisspeech.RememberalsothatAntonyhasenteredtheForumwithCaesar'sbodyintowandwillusethecorpseasapropthroughouthisoration.-/-/-/-/-/-IcometoburyCaesar
8、,nottopraisehim.Antonyfollowswithalineofstraightiambicpentameterpunctuatedwithafeminineending.Here'sthefirstironyofAntony'sspeech,inthatheisunequivocallyheretopraiseCaesar.A
