the roman mob in the play is just a crowd of fickle minded people .elaborate
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Fickle-minded Roman Crowd
It is quite true Roman crowd in the play Julius Caesar has been depicted as fickle-minded. At the beginning of the play the crowd was all praise for Caesar. After hatching the conspiracy to assassinate Caesar, the conspirators won Marcus Brutus to their side as the Roman people loved him and Caesar’s assassination could be justified with Brutus on their side; as expected the Roman crowd did not react to Caesar’s assassination.
When Brutus gave public explanation about Caesar’s assassination, the crowd praised Brutus and his conspirators and judged the assassination as justified. However, after Brutus’s speech, when Antony brought truth and proofs of Caesar’s greatness in front of the Roman crowd, it felt Caesar had been wronged. Antony succeeded in inciting the crowd against the conspirators. Thus, we see the fickle-minded nature of Roman crowd.