What does Antony s soliloquy at the end of Scene I reveal
Last updated: 3/31/2023
What does Antony s soliloquy at the end of Scene I reveal about his true intentions ANTONY 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 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 quartered with the hands of war All pity choked with custom of fell deeds And Caesar s spirit ranging for revenge With Ate 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 he promises to avenge Caesar s death O that he will bring havoc to all of Rome O that he feels guilt for taking part in Caesar s death O that he blames Brutus for Caesar s death