How has Shakespeare shown Antony’s reaction to Caesar’s murder?

Shakespeare has shown Antony’s reaction to Caesar’s murder by portraying Antony as someone that is clever and strong and loved Caesar, who was his leader or mentor. He uses a lot of figurative language to show Antony’s feelings and emotions. Antony meets with Caesar’s assassins to try and get them to trust him and to be on their side. He compliments and flatters them by shaking their hands. In this part of the play, Antony is hiding his true emotions.

In Antony’s soliloquy, it shows what his true motives are. For example, in the first line of his soliloquy, Antony says, ‘O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, that I am meek with these butchers!’. This quote is an example of personification. This very first line brings out what he feels towards the conspirators. Shakespeare also shows Antony’s feelings in the quote, ‘ Over thy wounds now do I prophesy – Which like dumb mouths do open their ruby lips to beg the voice and utterance of my tongue-‘. This quote shows the use of a simile where Antony is going to predict what will happen in Rome now that Caesar is dead.

In his soliloquy, Antony says, ‘A curse shall light upon the limbs of men: Domestic fury and fierce civil strife shall cumber all the parts of Italy;’. This quote shows a piece of figurative language, a metaphor. This quote is Antony’s prediction of Rome in the future. This is how Shakespeare has shown Antony’s reaction to Caesar’s murder.