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Brutus And Marc Antony Rhetorical Analysis

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Rhetorical Analysis 2 Caesar's funeral was meant to serve as a memorial to his honor and accomplishments. But both Brutus and Marc Antony seized the opportunity to try to lure the crowd into believing their version of the story, and follow them in the next chapter of Rome. Brutus was the first to speak with blood still on his hands, and he gave his speech in prose using ethos as his main weapon. Marc Antonty spoke next, using blank verse. Knowledge of the audience and rebuttals were his main weapons. Because of Marc Antony’s masterful use of ethos, repetition, and awareness of the audience, his speech was superior, and rings out in history more than Brutus’ speech. Although pathos and logos are important, both Brutus and Marc Antony primarily …show more content…

In the third paragraph of Brutus’ speech, he uses parallelism with the sentence structure I (verb) about Caesar's death. He said “I weep… I rejoice… I honor” (Shakepeare 26-28). By using these I statements, Brutus created a sense of togetherness, which boosted his credibility. But since Marc Antony thwarted Brutus’ honor in his speech, Brutus’ I statements didn’t serve him well. However, Marc Antony used anaphora when he repeated the words ambitious and honorable. When he repeated these words, he created a comparison of what Brutus said Caesar was like, versus what the evidence said about Caesar. Marc Antony brought up the fact that when Caesar was offered the crown of Rome three times, he refused the crown all three times, and even fainted. Then he poses the question, “was this ambition?” (Shakespeare 106). This rhetorical question caused the crowd to step back and think about what Brutus said, and question if Brutus was telling the truth. Marc Antony left his anaphora open for interpretation by the crowd, but Brutus cornederd himself with his use of

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Shakespeare compromises the use of rhetorical questions into Cassius’ words to further sway his audience. “Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he is grown so great?”(I.ii.58-59). Cassius signals that Caesar and Brutus have grown up to be valuable and honorable men, equally gifted to rule a republic. Shakespeare incorporated the use of a rhetorical question, as it empowered the belief of equality between Brutus and Caesar. Both sharing the same knowledge and capability but obtaining different

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Anthony's many times throughout his speech mocks brutus to show the audience how they shouldn’t trust brutus. “and brutus is an honorable man” (III.ii.83-85), antony using pathos to show facts on why not to trust cesar. Throughout the speech antony uses literary devices to appeal to the audience and to show the connection in the speech so that the romans will find the antony's one more persuavies since he is appealing to

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When saying this Antony is logically stating something Caesar did, soon after he asks, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?”. This rhetorical question is making the audience rethink their opinion on Caesar's ambition and justifying his death. Antony's opinion on the death of Caesar was clearly

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At Caesar's funeral Brutus gained the support of the people but Antony’s speech was far more moving. In Antony’s speech he used rhetorical questions, and repetition to support his argument. While Brutus was trying to convince to everyone that what he did was the right thing to do, Antony is explaining why it was unnecessary to murder Caesar. He repeated the rhetorical question Was This Ambition. He cited all of the good things that Caesar did.

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Antony is refuting Brutus’ argument that Caesar was too ambitious and that is why he needed to be assassinated. He brings up the time when Caesar denied the crown several times and asks the audience, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?”

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In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony both used different techniques in order to capture the audience's attention and approval in their speeches about Caesar's death. They both include repetition, rhetorical strategies, dramatic pauses, and parallelism in order to get the crowd on their sides. Both men use different strategies by knowing the audience and they use this to their advantage. Brutus and Antony both choose the use of Pathos and Ethos specifically appeal to the audience and their love for their country.

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Antony uses anaphora, the repetition of words or phrases, to emphasize the contrast between Brutus’ attacks on Caesar’s character and Caesar’s charitable acts. For instance, Antony claims, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” (JC 3.2.75-105). Antony continually makes similar comparisons to challenge Brutus’ portrayal of Caesar’s likeness as ambitious and self-serving.

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Mark Antony is trying to win over the people of Rome by his very effective use of rhetoric. In his speech, his overall point is to persuade the Roman citizens that Brutus’s claim of Caesar being ambitious is not true. Antony’s use of rhetorical devices such as a rhetorical question give the people a good message. When he is telling them that Caesar brought many captives to Rome, he asks, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious” (3.2.18). Antony’s rhetorical question was very effective since he is making the people question Brutus’s claim.

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Antony knows the effect of a dramatic pause on the people, and how it works in his favor to have the audience listen to what he is saying and to deeply consider it. This dramatic pause allows for Antony’s claim to sink into the listener, which is a very effective technique in the persuasion needed for Antony’s speech to be accepted. Antony continually uses the phrase,”For Brutus is an honorable man.” This phrase is repeated over 7 times throughout Antony’s speech. The use of irony is heavily persuasive when saying one thing while meaning another.

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Rhetoric in the Speeches of Brutus and Antony The death of Caesar is a controversial topic and was even more controversial at the time of his funeral when when senators were trying to benefit from his death by getting the Roman citizens on their side. At Caesar’s funeral, two senators gave speeches as an attempt to get the roman people on their side. Out of the two speeches, Marc Antony’s speech was more effective because of his use of appeals and biases, being 100% true and had a larger variety of rhetorical devices.

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Brutus delivers his speech in a laudatory manner by conveying Caesar’s deeds and claiming he was ambitious, although Antony contradicts Brutus’ claims and says Caesar spurned the crown with the intent to merely rule as a de facto dictator. Brutus’ speech reveals his motives were truly for the benefit of Rome given his nationalistic tone and Antony’s speech was merely used to obscure his true motives, which was to embroil Rome in a series of civil wars to attain power. Brutus and Antony’s speeches consisted predominantly of Pathos and Ethos, but it is Antony who ultimately it is Antony who prevails because of his almost disingenuous attitude and even use of Logos which is seen when claims that reading Caesar’s will would dishonor his compeers and even Caesar

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In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar one of the main characters Caesar is killed in Scene 3 act 2.Then Brutus and Antony both give speeches about how bad they feel. Brutus gives a good speech by using all three of the rhetorical appeals to persuade the crowd to want to listen to what he say by using logos,ethos,pathos to his advantage. Brutus gives a better speech that draws the audience attention,Antony not as much. Therefor here are some very valid points on why Brutus’s speech used the Rhetorical Appeals better.

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Marc Antony gives his speech at Caesar’s funeral to the citizens of Rome. The purpose of his speech is to prove to the citizens that Brutus is wrong and Caesar shouldn’t have been killed. The tone of his speech is very ironic. It also gets very dramatic as he talks about Caesar being killed.

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Antony speech is claiming that it was not a good idea to kill Caesar and to convince that Brutus is a very bad man. Antony makes the claim of Brutus throughout the whole speech using parallelism and repetition. Antony constantly says “for Brutus is an honorable man” through the entire speech but doesn’t really mean it. Yet Antony always says the same phrase a lot of times it makes you think of something different. The beginning of the speech when he first says the phrase you actually think he trying to be respectful.

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