The funeral scene in "Invisible Man" was much the equivalent to Antony's speech about Caesar in several ways. Both the speeches got the crowd hyped up and ready to act in revenge upon the fallen "hero". They swayed the audience to be irrationally violent with their actions and made the death of the "hero" seem highly unjust and morbid.
They were different because I don't think TIM was trying to get the crowd all excited. He was just telling them information and let his emotions get the best of him. Antony, however, had a master plan behind his words (which some was false aka the inheritance). Antony also spoke like he knew Caesar personally but TIM couldn't tell them much about Clifton.
The two of the speeches had a great effect on the listeners (accidental or not) and i believe that TIM's was more profound while Antony's did not seem genuine at all.
I agree with how they are similar, but i believe that T.I.M was hoping for the Brotherhood to act after his speech because it said he left the tension high on purpose, for the organization to take action. But they just left him out in the cold
ReplyDeleteI think you hit the nail on the head. I completely agree with the fact that Tim had no idea what he was doing, and Antony did. In fact, I put basically the same thing on my blog.
ReplyDeleteJorrdannnnn, your font is a bit hard to read, but I don't think Antony was trying to get the crowd "hyped" up. I believe that he was just going to point out Brutus for a traitor and dishonorable. Buuut, you had a good point with Tim. C: I liked it.
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