Journal-Closing+Scene

Shakespeare chooses to have Antony glorify Brutus' body to show Antony is expecting an upcoming battle between he and Octavius, in addition to creating the people's sympathy and understanding towards Antony on whatever he chooses to do. Brutus kills Caesar because he believes he is a tyrant. Antony chooses to define Brutus as "the noblest Roman of them all", so if Antony chooses to kill Octavius in the same way, then the people will accept what he did as a valorous act instead of an act full of malice. Antony also wants to gain the loyalty of Brutus' followers and appear as kind and generous. if the people believe he will be a caring leader, then they are more likely to accept what he does against Octavius. He needs as many followers as he can get because he expects an upcoming war between the two powers. It is his Antony's own best interest to exalt Brutus after his death so he can appear more virtuous and honorable. He uses a mask to gain sympathy which will eventually lead him to more power so he can overthrow Octavius the same way Brutus defeated Caesar. Shakespeare also uses this to show that three leaders will only cause trouble since people are unable to work together efficiently. His own monarchy only has one absolute leader so he also expresses how better one leader is than three. Three will always causes bloodshed and raise mutiny as there will always be a power struggle.