Understanding

There is a soliloquy from Antony to the crowd. There is no real quotation to show this, he is just speaking to the crowd revealing his thoughts.

Antony pretended to make friends with the conspirators but he is still secretly hating them. ‘Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood.’ This means that there should be despair and stress to whoever drew this blood. He says ‘A curse shall light upon the limbs of men.’ This means that something bad should happen to the conspirators.

Antony is asking for forgiveness from Brutus because Brutus killed Caesar and he thinks that the conspirators will kill him. He tries to make peace with the conspirators so he stays out of danger.