History Awesome / JuliusCaesar

** Anthony's speech to the crowd - "Friends! Romans! Countrymen!" - then turns them from the conspirators' side to his own ''without breaking Brutus' rule'' about criticizing the conspirators. You can just feel the sarcasm leaping off the page, getting more and more venomous as he repeats "Brutus is an honorable man" until you're almost ready to join up with the mob and avenge Caesar.

** Ah, the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of grief, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoiler:Brutus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especially the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reference, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of religious symbology in both the Roman Myth/ClassicalMythology and the UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} of Shakespeare's own time. Thus these dogs are {{Hellhound}}s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]]. It really gives the question of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0 Who Let The Dogs Out?]] a whole new meaning. So was it Shakespeare, Mark Antony, Caesar's ghost, or Atë? I lean towards Mark Antony myself.

** Ah, the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of grief, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoiler:Brutus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especially the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reference, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of religious symbology in both the Roman Myth/ClassicalMythology and the {{Christianity}} of Shakespeare's own time. Thus these dogs are {{Hellhound}}s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]]. It really gives the question of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0 Who Let The Dogs Out?]] a whole new meaning. So was it Shakespeare, Mark Antony, Caesar's ghost, or Atë? I lean towards Mark Antony myself.

* Caesar gets one of the most over-the-top {{Badass}} lines in Shakespeare:

** Anthony's speech to the crowd then turns them from the conspirators' side to his own ''without breaking Brutus' rule'' about criticizing the conspirators. You can just feel the sarcasm leaping off the page, getting more and more venomous as he repeats "Brutus is an honorable man" until you're almost ready to join up with the mob and avenge Caesar.

** Ah, the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of grief, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoiler:Brutus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especially the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reference, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of religious symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the {{Christianity}} of Shakespeare's own time. Thus these dogs are {{Hellhound}}s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]]. It really gives the question of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0 Who Let The Dogs Out?]] a whole new meaning. So was it Shakespeare, Mark Antony, Caesar's ghost, or Atë? I lean towards Mark Antony myself.

* "''EtTuBrute''? Then fall, Caesar!" Never have more badass LastWords been spoken.

** Anthony's speech to the crowd then turns them from the conspirators' side to his own ''without breaking Brutus' rule'' about criticizing the conspirators. You can just feel the sarcasm leaping off the page, getting more and more venomous as he repeats "Brutus is an honorable man" until you're almost ready to join up with the mob and avenge Caesar.

--> As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice as it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.

* Mark Anthony:

* Ah, the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of grief, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoiler:Brutus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especially the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reference, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of religious symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the {{Christianity}} of Shakespeare's own time. Thus these dogs are {{Hellhound}}s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]]. It really gives the question of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0 Who Let The Dogs Out?]] a whole new meaning. So was it Shakespeare, Mark Antony, Caesar's ghost, or Atë? I lean towards Mark Antony myself.

* Brutus's, and then Anthony's, speeches to the crowd after Caesar's assassination are two of the best in all Shakespeare:
-->'''Brutus''': Had you rather Caesar was living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?
-->As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice as it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him.

--> Who here is so rid that he would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended.

-->'''Brutus''': Had you rather Caesar was living, and die all salves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?

** And yet those hateful, ruthless, vindictive words are completely understandable: Antony loved Caesar, and desired revenge for his assassination. And ''boy howdy'' does he take revenge to a new extreme.
* Antony's entire RousingSpeech to the crowd, turning them from the conspirators' side to his own ''without breaking Brutus' rule'' about criticizing the conspirators, instead you can just feel the sarcasm leaping off the page, getting more and more venomous as he repeats "Brutus is an honorable man" until you're almost ready to join up with the mob and avenge Caesar.

* Antony's entire RousingSpeech to the crowd, turning them from the conspirators' side to his own ''without breaking Brutus' rule'' about criticizing the conspirators, instead you can just feel the sarcasm leaping off the page, getting more and more venomous as he repeats "Brutus is a good man" until you're almost ready to join up with the mob and avenge Caesar.

** And yet those hateful, ruthless, vindictive words are completely understandable: Antony loved Caesar, and desired revenge for his assassination. And ''boy howdy'' does he take revenge to a new extreme.

Ah the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of grief, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoiler:Brutus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especially the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reference, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of religious symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the {{Christianity}} of Shakespeare's own time. Thus these dogs are {{Hellhound}}s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]]. It really gives the question of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0 Who Let The Dogs Out?]] a whole new meaning. So was it Shakespeare, Mark Antony, Caesar's ghost, or Atë? I lean towards Mark Antony myself.

Ah the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of grief, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoiler:Brutus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especially the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reference, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of religious symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the {{Christianity}} of Shakespeare's own time. Thus these dogs are [[{{Hellhound}}]]s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]]. It really gives the question of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0 Who Let The Dogs Out?]] a whole new meaning. So was it Shakespeare, Mark Antony, Caesar's ghost, or Atë? I lean towards Mark Antony myself.

Ah the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of grief, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoiler:Brutus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especially the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reference, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of religious symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the {{Christianity}} of Shakespeare's own time. Thus these dogs are [[Hellhound]]s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]]. It really gives the question of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0 Who Let The Dogs Out?]] a whole new meaning. So was it Shakespeare, Mark Antony, Caesar's ghost, or Atë? I lean towards Mark Antony myself.

Ah the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of greif, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoilers:Butus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especally the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reffance, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of Religous symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the {{Christianity}} of Shakespear's own time. Thus these dogs are [[Hellhound]]s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]]. It really gives the question of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaPs8sxqB0 Who Let The Dogs Out?]] a whole new meaning. So was it Shakespear, Mark Antony, Caesar's ghost, or Atë? I lean towards Mark Antony myself.

-->O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
-->That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
-->Thou art the ruins of the noblest man

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Atë by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
Blood and destruction shall be so in use
And dreadful objects so familiar
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Atë by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

With Ate by his side come hot from hell,

Ah the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of greif, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoilers:Butus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especally the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reffance, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of Religous symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the {{Christianity}} of Shakespear's own time. Thus these dogs are [[Hellhound]]s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]].

Ah the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of greif, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoilers:Butus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especally the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reffance, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of Religous symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the {{Christainity}} of Shakespear's own time. Thus these dogs are [[Hellhound]]s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]].

Ah the first time we see Mark Antony alone on stage after the assassination. The moment the mask falls away, and we see the dark thoughts and emotions boiling beneath the surface as he spoke to the conspirators before, concealed even by his previous shows of greif, now clearly meticulously planned while his servant spoke to them. These same emotions are with him still up until [[spoilers:Butus's own death]]. Such hateful, spiteful, ruthless, vindictive, and brutal words, and such symbolism in them. Especally the line "and let ''slip'' the '''dogs''' of war." This is a reffance, first to the Rome practice of bringing teams of dogs to the battlefield trained to kill, but also of Religous symbology in both the Roman ClassicalMythology and the ChristainMythology of Shakespear's own time. Thus these dogs are [[Hellhound]]s belonging to alternatively [[WarGod Mars]] or [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse War, the second rider of the Apocalypse]] [[HellishHorse on the Red Horse]] [[CoolSword with a sword]].