‘o, pardon me…that I am meek and gentle with these butchers!’
I believe that in this quote from Antony’s soliloquy Antony is apologising to Caesars ghost. He is apologising because he is being way too gentle with the conspirators. He has already convinced the conspirators that he is one of them. Another interpretation of this could be that Antony is apologising because of the thing he will do next. So he could be saying forgive me but you can’t stop me from avenging your death.
‘Thou art the ruins of the noblest man that ever lived in the tides of times’
I believe that in this quote of Antony’s soliloquy he is saying here lies the remains of the noblest man that once live in the stream of history. Here he is being respectful to Caesar and is showing that he was a respected and good man but this had to happen to free all of the people of Rome. He continues to convince the conspirators that he is “one of them.”
“Which, like dumb mouths,do ope their ruby lips to beg the voice and utterance of my tongue”
I believe that in this quote he is saying that they are like clueless mouths, open their red lips, as though they want to beg me to speak. Here he is showing that he is not very happy that the conspirators had killed Caesar and now they want him to speak for them at the funeral.
“Cry ‘Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.”
I belive that this quote means that they will unleash the war dogs. This bad deed will make the sky stink with dead bodies that groan to be buried. He said this because he knows that now Caesar is dead they will take over and ruin the whole of Rome they will kill people that disagree with him and they won’t even bother to bury them.
November 15, 2015 at 1:18 pm
Gentrit,
You language exploration begins well by skillfully embedding quotations that support your point. Yu have also begun to explain the meanings of these whilst considering alternative interpretation.
What you must now do, is begin to explore the language with a greater sophistication. Look agaion at Javaun’s work on Robert Frost:
http://jbance.community.edutronic.net/115/
How might you begin to develop your work to provide a deeper exploration of meaning?
November 25, 2015 at 10:13 pm
Gentrit,
Your re-draft has made your intentions here much clearer, but your analysis of language is not strong enough to achieve Figure It Out
http://achieve.community.edutronic.net/stage-three-reading/figure-it-out/
In order to achieve this badge, you must clearly identify figurative and/or language devices and critically analyse their impact and how this might develop throughout the soliloquy.
February 3, 2016 at 4:05 pm
This is much clearer, but you are still not exploring the language – identify specific devices and explore how they have been used to enhance meaning.