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Analysis Of Herd Mentality Of Mark Anthony
This article on herd behavior and herd mentality supported Mark Anthony over the conspirators. This can be concluded by three reason. Those reason is Milgram experiment on the obedience to authority figures, is the plebeians, and the people will follow even if they know it is wrong. Which stats that people will follow higher rule. Since Mark Anthony was definitely much higher in society then the Conspirators he was followed by the plebeians. The second reason is when the only a few plebeians as Mark Anthony spoke “honorably” of Brutus shouted back that they should riot against them. So as an effect of Herd Mentality most of the plebeians by peer pressure were subject into revolting against the conspirators. As the population agreed with

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