Answer and Explanation:
In Shakespeare's tragedy "Julius Caesar", the Roman emperor Caesar was betrayed and killed by his friends. At his funeral, in an attempt to justify Caesar's death, Brutus says he was an ambitious emperor and an abusive tyrant king. He even asks the people if they would rather have Caesar alive and go to their grave as slaves, or have him dead and be free.
Antony, on the other hand, remained loyal to Caesar. In his speech, he makes sure to contradict Brutus's words and attack the idea that Caesar was ambitious and tyrannical. According to Antony:
1. Caesar brought captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city (not to himself);
2. When the poor cried, Caesar cried with them (a tyrant wouldn't care);
3. Antony himself offered Caesar a king's crown three times, which Caesar refused each and every time (an ambitious man would have taken the crown).
Therefore, we have above three reasons why Antony thinks Caesar was not an abusive tyrant king.
