friends Romans countrymen
Antony's addressed crowd
Friends, Romans, countrymen is the opening of Mark Antony's funeral oration in Shakespeare's *Julius Caesar*: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears." The phrase has become shorthand for any dramatic appeal to an audience, often used humorously when someone wants attention: Friends, Romans, countrymen—I have an announcement.
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- Julius CaesarRoman dictator and general
- Ides of MarchFateful mid-March date
- speechOral communication ability
- orationFormal public speech
Mark Antony · Brutus · Marc Antony · funeral · funeral speech · rhetoric · public speaking · toga · senate · betrayal · assassination · crowd · plebeians · citizens · angry mob · mob · persuasion · tragedy
- Shakespeare phrasesto be or not to be, et tu Brute, all the world's a stage, out damned spot, once more unto the breach
- Julius CaesarJulius Caesar, Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Marc Antony
- Caesar quotesveni vidi vici, et tu Brute, the die is cast
friends Romans countrymenenemies
Hostile opposing parties
foes · strangers · adversaries · traitors · opponents
friends Romans countrymenonce more unto the breach
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