WILL MAKE THE BRAINLIST!
ANTONY:
But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar. . . .
‘Tis his will.
Let but the commons hear this testament—
Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read . . . .

All the Plebeians:
The will, the will! We will hear Caesar’s will.

ANTONY:
Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it.
It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you. . . .
It will inflame you; it will make you mad.
‘Tis good you know not that you are his heirs . . . .

How is Mark Antony’s use of paralipsis effective in manipulating the audience in the above excerpt?

a.) Mark Antony uses paralipsis to distract the audience from the will and they forget about it.
b.) Mark Antony uses paralipsis by refusing to read the will to the Romans because it does not mention them as heirs.
c.) Mark Antony uses paralipsis to explain the assassination plot.
d.) Mark Antony uses paralipsis to draw attention to the will as he seems to ignore or avoid it.

In this excerpt from Act III, Scene II, of "The tragedy of Julius Caesar", by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony's use of paralipsis is effective in manipulating the audience as option d) Mark Antony uses paralipsis to draw attention to the will as he seems to ignore or avoid it. When speaking to his Roman fellow citizens after Caesar's assassination, Mark Antony says the opposite of what he intends. Paralipsis is emphasizing something by seeming to pass over it.