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Brutus Vs Anthony

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In Julius Caesar, two leaders gave speeches on why they believe they are in the right regarding why they did what they did. Brutus made people hear him out and convince a crowd that what he did was for a good cause. Anthony's speech was more soft compared to brutus because all he was trying to do was make brutus and the crowd feel bad. Although Antony delivers a heartfelt speech regarding his friend Caesar, Bruckus delivers the more effective speech because it convinces a whole crowd and he wanted to make more people understand his reasons for Caesar’s death. Brutus's speech was way better than Antony because he got all the people to convince the people of Rome to be on his side. In the text scene 3 act 2, Brutus convinces all the people …show more content…

Brutus explains that he loved Caesar and respected how he ruled over Rome. But he loved Rome more and that is the reason he tells the attendees at the funeral that he killed Caesar. He states, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved him more. More of Rome in the future. Had you rather Caesar were living, and died? all slaves, than that Caesar was dead, to live all free men? This explains why he killed Caesar because he loved Rome more than Caesar and decided to save It proves that people like brutus and have nobody trying to correct his speech with something else to shame him for killing Caesar. Anthony speech is good, he explained how Caesar was a good person and he was a good friend of his. Anthony states that, “he was my friend, faithful and just to me: but brutus says he was ambitious: and brutus is an honourable man,” So he was explaining how he was a good man and a good leader but his power was too much for him. Yet this evidence is not good enough, brutus is explaining how he was a good friend of Caesar but also states why he killed Caesar and how he felt about it and he stated he did it for the good of Rome and its

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