- I read a little bit more about Caesar lately. Caesar’s will was real and it indeed left a great amount of estate to the Roman people. (After Caesar’s assassination, his wife gave the will and other documents to Anthony, who was the Consul of the year. That stupid woman!)
Anthony actually promoted proposals for reconciliation in the Senate. Playing Caesar’s card in a radical way wouldn’t benefit him. First of all, it would alienate the Senators; secondly, those who were on Caesar’s camp turned out to be more loyal to Caesar’s adopted son Octavian than to him.
liaokang wrote:我说那遗嘱是他假造的，因为他在剧中根本没有到凯撒卧室里找过东西。他不在刺杀现场，也不可能知道谁是从哪儿刺的。这些无非是他运用逻辑和情感的手段。市民们跑去施暴后，安东尼冷笑道：“让它去玩坏吧。坏招，你已经满地跑了，愿意跑到哪儿，就跑到哪儿去吧！”4 这“坏招”我认为总的来说是指他的演讲，具体则指那假遗嘱。安东尼说他自己不象布鲁托斯那么善于言辞，但他推波助澜、收放自如，把讲演艺术运用得炉火纯青。而且我们若看看英文原著就知道，布鲁托斯的演说是散文体，而安东尼的演说是抑扬格五音步的诗体，节奏铿锵有力，是莎士比亚话剧中最精彩的演说。
Susan