Hiding in Plain Sight
Character Speech:
I am Mark Antony, beloved friend of the late Julius Caesar and I am here to tell you why I should be the next leader of rome. For a while I have been Caesar’s right hand man and that opportunity has allowed me to see how things are kind of supposed to be run around here.
I stayed loyal to Caesar throughout his whole reign even while conspirators were plotting against him. I have been neutral throughout most of the happenings in Rome, so I am well respected all throughout the community. Everyone who knew Caesar knows of me and some of the people in higher authority know that I can have a big impact on the people, Cassius didn’t want me to speak at Caesar’s funeral for fear that I would bring the Romans to my side. “Don’t let Antony speak at his funeral. Don’t you know how much the people could be affected by what he says?” Many of those men feared me and made it their mission to finish off Caesar, and me I later learned. I did not participate in the plot against Caesar, in fact it was always my mission to put him before myself and keep him safe.
After Caesar met his untimely death, I was there to provide the people with the facts about what happened. I laid out the plan the Caesar had set up for them to show them that they could trust me. I never made instant decisions, I always put a lot of thought towards the actions that I participated in. “But my horse is a creature that I teach to fight—to turn, to stop, to run in a straight line. I govern the motion of his body. And in some ways, Lepidus is just like that. He has to be taught and trained and told to go forward.” I am able to successfully train horses and if I can do that, my skills will carry over and be even more efficient with actual humans. I did all these things and more, and if you are able to relate to me at all, you will see that I would be the next best leader for Rome.
Significant Quotes:
Act 1, Scene 2, Page 1: Antony to Caesar, “When Caesar says ‘do this,’ it is done.”
Antony is demonstrating great qualities of someone following a leader right here. He is being considerate, respectful and polite. If you are able to understand your role as a follower, then it makes the leader’s jobs easier. Since Antony is performing how leaders expect their followers to act, he knows what type of leader is needed for people to follow in their footsteps.

Act 3, Scene 1, Page 11: Mark Antony to Brutus, “That’s all I ask—and that you let me carry his body to the marketplace and, as a friend ought to do, stand on the platform and give a proper funeral oration. ”
Antony wants to make sure Caesar is treated equally and with all the respect he deserves- especially at his death bed. If Antony is able to show that he values equality, even among the dead, that would make him a much more reasonable leader to those who are alive.

Act 3, Scene 1, Page 14: Antony to Octavius’s servant, “There I’ll use my speech to test what the people think of these bloody men’s cruel action.”
Antony doesn’t want to put ideas in people’s heads when he speaks to them about Caesar. He wants to let the people think for themselves and then he will decide what to say after they have given their input. A lot of times leaders are telling people what they are supposed to do, but Antony is allowing the people freedom to share their opinions before he makes decisions.

Act 3, Scene 2, Page 5: Mark Antony at Caesar’s funeral, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause until it returns to me.”
Antony uses his emotions to appeal to the crowd and through the course of his speech he convinced the people to join his side. He doesn’t start off right away by saying I’m the one who’s right, you need to follow everything I say. He gives the people the facts and lets them make their own observations.

Act 4, Scene 1, Page 2: Antony to Octavius, “But my horse is a creature that I teach to fight—to turn, to stop, to run in a straight line. I govern the motion of his body. And in some ways, Lepidus is just like that. He has to be taught and trained and told to go forward.”
Here in this quote Antony is proving that he is able to perform well in the leadership position. He gives an example of himself teaching his horse. If he is able to teach his horse to do things- it will be much easier and more efficient to teach humans to do things because they can actually communicate.

Act 5, Scene 1, Page 2: Antony about the war, “No, Octavius Caesar, we’ll respond to their charge. Go forward. The generals want to speak with us.”
Antony knows what this battle will do to them and he wants to avoid it if it’s possible. He is trying to do the better thing for his country, wars really take a toll on groups of people and he wants to avoid this if at all possible. This shows his leadership because he isn’t making rash decisions, he is putting in a lot of thought to what he is doing.

Attack Ads:
Act 1, Scene 1, Page 3: Flavius about Caesar, “If we take away Caesar’s support, he’ll have to come back down to earth; otherwise, he’ll fly too high and keep the rest of us in a state of fear and obedience.”
This quote shows that Caesar would be a bad leader because he takes what the people say way too seriously- he believes everything they say, if they tell him that he is a good leader then he believes that to be absolutely true. He could go out and make all sorts of crazy, bad decisions and if the people tell him that it’s ok then he will just keep doing it.

Act 4, Scene 3, Page 11: Brutus talking about the potential war, “The people who live between here and Philippi are loyal to us only because we force them to be.”
People should be given the choice to follow someone, because if they are forced then they aren’t going to want to do anything their leader tells them too. Brutus would make a bad leader because if he just forces people to do stuff all the time and they refuse to do it, then nothing will ever get done.

Act 2, Scene 2, Page 4: Decius about the vision that Calpurnia saw “I will have when you hear the rest of what I have to say. The senate has decided to give mighty Caesar a crown today.” Decius convinces Caesar to come out even though he wants to stay in- all so they can kill him. You might be thinking that this shows a great characteristic of leadership. However, this could actually be seen as bad leadership because of how easily he was able to lie- what if he showed this with his followers and just lied to them all the time, no one would ever be able to trust him as a leader.

Act 2, Scene 3, Page 3: Cassius about Casca, “You’re acting stupid, Casca, and you lack the quick wits that a Roman should have—or else you don’t use them. You go pale, you stare, and you act in awe of the strange disturbance in the heavens.”
Cassius very clearly states that Casca would not make a good leader because he simply doesn’t posses simple leadership qualities. He can’t make quick decisions, he doesn’t voice his opinion and Cassius says that he just acts stupid. Rome would need a much better leader than this if they want to thrive.

Explanation of Poster:
For my poster I had a grey background. The reason I stuck with that simplicity was because Mark Antony wasn’t exactly on one person’s side, he was kind of living his life in the grey area rather than the black and white ones. I also chose four symbols to represent him. The thought bubble helps show that he always thinks through his decisions before he makes them official. The footprints show that he understands that to first be a good leader, you have to be a good follower. The balance shows that he wants to have equality and complete respect for all people. The fingerprint shows that Antony values each person’s individual opinion, he wants them to think for themselves without putting false ideas in their heads. Finally my slogan is “Hiding in Plain Sight” because Antony was really always a great leader, but no one really saw it because Caesar was the one who was truly in charge.