The play by shakespeare called julius caesar was about the story of julius caesar. The story of Julius caesar was that he was stabbed to death by the whole senate. At one part in the play two people named Mark Antony and Brutus started to argue and try to persuade the people in some way by using different rhetorical techniques. Brutus used pathos to persuade the people that he chose right and he was still honorable and caesar deserved to die, but brutus mourned for his death just like the people. Antony used a logos and pathos technique to persuade the people that brutus was bad and that julius did nothing wrong, by using examples Antony made a valid point. Honestly I think antony did a better job at persuading than brutus did because he used examples from julius’s life and all he did. …show more content…
Antony is sarcastic whenever he says brutus is an honorable man and calls him out on his faults and choices. In the text Antony says “He hath brought many captives home to rome whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in caesar seem ambitious?”. This is when Antony uses an example and a rhetorical question to show that brutus was wrong and that caesar was a good man and wasn’t ambitious. Secondly, Antony did a better job because of the way he pulled everyone in and included logistic examples. Antony goes into detail about all the good that caesar did for people and how julius wasn’t ambitious and actually denied the crown and the power multiple times.In the text it says julius refused the crown 3 times “You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse”. This proves to people that caesar didn’t want all that power thus proves that caesar wasn’t ambitious, julius just wanted to help the people out and be a good
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is about the assassination of Julius Caesar. The conspirators against Caesar recruit Brutus, who had great influence over the people of Rome and was trusted by Caesar. With his help they attack Caesar in the senate. At his funeral Mark Antony, a friend of Caesar's, is aloud to speak and he is able to turn the people against the conspirators. This causes a Civil war between Rome and the conspirators.
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Marc Antony’s funeral speech for Caesar’s death is more successful than Brutus’ funeral speech because Antony uses verbal irony and pathos instead of gravitas or logos. In his speech, Brutus uses gravitas or honor while Marc Antony knows the general will of the Plebeians. Antony uses verbal irony in his speech, whereas Brutus uses a straightforward, 1-dimensional rhetoric. Lastly, Brutus uses logos in his speech, while Antony uses pathos to win over the Plebeians. In the end, Antony’s use of verbal irony and pathos in his speech is more effective in winning over the Plebeians to avenge Caesar’s death than that of Brutus.’
Brutus’s speech had the Romans agreeing with him only for the moment, but Antony’s speech was more sympathetic which had the better
The rhetorical questions help get his point across quickly, while further strengthening his argument. It states in his speech: “I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?” If Caesar was really as ambitious as Brutus says he was, he would have taken the crown the very first time in order to lead Rome to success. Antony continues on to say, “ He has brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” This shows the crowd that the emperor Julius Caesar wasn’t really ambitious at
The play Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, is a tale of friendship and betrayal, full of men vying for political power in the city of Rome. Young and ambitious Marc Antony stands out amongst the group as vastly intelligent and well-spoken beyond his years. Antony uses his persuasive skills throughout the course of the play to hide his deceit as well as to change the minds of the Roman people. He does this through using devices that solidify his argument to readers. These persuasive devices are known as pathos, logos, and ethos.
Julius Caesar a play by William Shakespeare depicting the tragedy of the historic death of the famous ruler of Rome which the work is named after. The author uses a combination of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos to capture the reader's attention and emotions throughout the story. However, these rhetorical references are most prevalent during the speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony to the commoners at Caesar’s funeral. The speakers use these strategies to attempt to gain the people's support their cause. The winner of this debate is Antony who draws a revolution together to battle the conspirators that killed his dear Caesar.
The main persuasive devices that Brutus and Antony use are opposites. Antony does not mention any of the opposing views of the killing in his speech, but Brutus mentions his view and some of what the opposing view may say in his speech. Although there are differences between the two spiels, they are less in number than the similarities. Brutus has a better speech because of the hook he uses when he says “Would you rather that Caesar were living and we would all go to our graves as slaves, or that Caesar were dead and we all lived as free men?”. This gets the people manipulated and wanting to listen to what Brutus has to say.
Antony’s Speech Using Rhetorical Appeals In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, after Caesar’s death, the Romans are conflicted about what should be done. After Brutus’ speech the Romans are ready to crown Brutus king and be on the conspirators’ side. Though Brutus then leaves the crowd while Antony delivers his speech, the crowd realizes what should be done of Caesar’s murder and Antony prevents the conspirators from getting away with the murder of Caesar.
In the play Julius Caesar by William shakespeare, Caesar is murdered by the senators of rome, to prevent his power hungry ego from destroying their beloved city. During Caesar's funeral, both Marc Antony and brutus give speeches. Both speeches contain athos, which appeals to emotions, and rhetorical questions, these emphasize both of the speeches in different ways. Although Brutus is a convincing orator, Antony's uses a more effective form of rhetorical questions and pathos, which evokes feelings in the audience.. Pathos is a technique used in writing in order to appeal to the reader's emotions.
Antony was able to deceive Brutus, making him think he was going to give a speech about Caesar’s achievements (125). Instead, he used his speech to turn the Romans against the conspirators by talking about Caesar's great achievements and goodwill. Antony was able to come up with the plan to sway the Romans because of his high intelligence. He had the brains to gain Brutus trust and use it to his advantage. Antony was victorious in the war because of his ability to strategize well (215).
In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, he uses rhetoric writing techniques and appeals, such as ethos, logos and pathos, to enhance the persuasive element of the monologues. Cassius persuades Brutus to overthrow Caesar while using logos throughout his monologue. Cassius proves Caesar competes with him by explaining to Brutus, with facts, that Caesar questioned him to, “Leap in with me into this angry flood and swim to yonder point” and prove how Caesar makes everything a competition with Cassius (Shakespeare 14-15). Cassius also wants to show Brutus that Caesar believes that he is a triumphant leader and can accomplish many battles from the past like, “Aeneas, our great ancestor, did the flames of Troy upon his shoulder the old Anchises bear,
After reading excerpts from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, write an essay that compares Brutus’ speech with Marc Antony’s speech and argues the effectiveness of the rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos) used in each. Be sure to support your position with evidence from the texts. William Shakespeare writes a play about Julius Caesar’s assassination and the speeches his friends gave at his funeral. In the play, Brutus assassinated Caesar because he thought he was protecting Rome. He was saying that if Caesar got all the power he would most likely become vicious and make everyone his slaves.
Antony is using verbal irony, because he acts as if he does not know if Caesar was being ambitious, however he actually does know that Caesar was not in fact ambitious.
“Is this the work of an ambitious man? When the poor cried, Caesar cried too. Ambition shouldn’t be so soft. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man.” This quote says Mark Antony trying to say the way Caesar acted before he died showed that he wasn't too ambitious after all.
Antony told the people about him trying to make Caesar king. He told the plebeians that he “thrice presented him a kingly crown,/ which he thrice refused” (3.2 105-106). This was saying that Caesar did not take the crown after three times and he maybe did not want to be king. Maybe Caesar really wanted what was best for Caesars funeral. Caesar could have not been ambitious and really had some good views for Rome future.