1. What is a leader?
A leader may appear to be the best, but it is their choices
that determine how the handle actual situations and
problems that depict their future character.
Who is Mark Antony?
Marcus Antonius otherwise known as Mark Antony in
Julius Caesar was a soldier & statesman at end of Roman
Republic .Was also one of the leaders who ruled Rome
following Caesar's assassination. Famous for the lines,
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;"
(Act III, Scene II, Line 79),
What would Mark Antony make a great leader?
There are many reasons why Mark Antony would make to be the
better leader out of all the characters of Julius Caesar the play.
Mark Antony would become a great leader because he is
confident. Such as when the Triumvirate (secrete conspiracy
against Cassias) was making a list of people to kill. Antony came
across the name of his nephew.
Even though it was his nephew that he was killing, Antony said,
“He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him.” Antony made
decision to kill his nephew because his nephew might have
opposed him. He acts on with good reasoning as well self
sacrifice & the phrase of, "Keep enemies close but family and
friends further," to fact.
2. Antony is loyal, noble, and dedicated towards others; for Caesar.
When he dies Mark Antony wanted revenge for Caesars’ spirit to
rest easy. Antony from his soliloquy speaks before the funeral,
"Caesar will rise with hate, cry "havoc!" and let loose the
hounds of war."
Along with being confident and noble, Mark Antony would be a
great leader because he is persuasive. After Caesar’s death,
Antony shook hands with the conspirators & said “I doubt not of
your wisdom. Let each man render me his bloody hand.”
Tricking the conspirators into a false sense of trust and respect for
Caesars death. In truth Antony was going to make the public turn
against Brutus and the conspirators. When it was time for Antony
to make his speech about Caesar to the countrymen, he used his
great speech skills and got the countrymen to side with him.
The citizens where full of pride by fallen leader Caesar and anger.
Antony’s speech said, “We’ll hear him, we’ll follow him, we’ll
die with him.” Antony follows after wit, “Good friends, sweet
friends, let me not stir you up To such a sudden flood of
mutiny.”As well fuelling there compassion of Caesar mentioning
his will of the money he left for his people. The ability to persuade
people is an important element in becoming a good leader in
which he possessed.
Antony shows many capabilities & characteristic elements in
leadership. He is noble & caring to the people of the country by
his actions. He listened to the people & what they had to say
finding death of leader right but murder unjust. He also
acknowledges his own mistakes & others after asking Caesar for
forgiveness of joining his killers & mentioning good deeds
Caesars left behind in will. A leader is many things but one who
judges his own self before others. Willing to stand or; when others
3. will not. Proud but not self lead. Is passionate yet just but not
righteous. Antony is many things but he definitely is a leader.