Marc Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral

"I come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him". Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral, was undoubtedly delivered with powerful rhetorical effect. By adopting irony and using enargeia he swayed the mob, who hitherto had believed Caesar's murder to be in the best interest of Rome, against the conspirators . He was tactful when he called Brutus "honorable" at first. Presenting Caesar's Will, highlighting all that Caesar had vouchsafed for Rome, vividly describing the ruthless murder act, to gainsay the assertions of Caesar's guilt of ambition, jeopardized the position of the "noble" Conspirators. The speech makes an indelible impression on a reader's mind and the oration was a remarkable moment in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.