Guess who's feeling insegrevious again? (A "nod" to forum member sourmash.)

I think this is very much on topic, be it insegrevious or not.

quote What [Shakespeare was] saying is that good deeds often go unheralded, or even when noticed, fade away in people’s memories, so that they die with them. It’s a means of observing that good people are many, but that the memory of what they have done for the world often vanishes, but those who have committed evil deeds tend to be remembered for them. We can see that this is somewhat true. Doing good things is expected by society, and although they might be praised even in the media, [these are ]rarely things that will capture people’s imaginations for very long, and you’d need to be reminded of them over time in order to remember them. Contrast this with evil actions: even though [most] of us [were] not alive during the two World wars, [we] know of Hitler, [and] of Stalin. We remember their names because they did evil things. Their actions were sufficiently impactful to traumatise a generation, and have consequences for those that followed. However, it should be noted that Shakespeare is being largely cynical with Mark Antony’s speech here in Julius Caesar: he himself was a friend to Caesar, but speaking at his funeral, Antony notes that “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”, largely because the funeral of Caesar was a political circus: intended as an opportunity to show unity between the allies of Caesar (including Antony) and his assassins (such as Brutus), Antony used the funeral to whip the crowd into a frenzy, and the mob turned upon Caesar’s murderers and forced them to flee Rome. Shakespeare is, [in] some respects, being ironic: Anthony is giving a warning to the murderers that they failed to heed. Here they bury Caesar: a man whose good deeds are to be buried with his bones. But evil actions resonate far longer, and will be remembered. He is speaking directly to the murderers of Caesar, reminding them that their cowardice and evil act will be remembered by those who loved and followed Caesar. And so, though Caesar is gone, his murderers will follow him to the grave, as his friends and family seek vengeance in his name--and the mob of Rome soon followed. It’s a very clever piece of oration, and Shakespeare interpreted the scene rather beautifully.

Alex Denethorn, commentator on US and UK Politics; March 12, 2018, for Quora(.com).

[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 01-15-2021).]