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Comparing Antony's Speeches Of Brutus And Marc Antony

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Et tu, Brute? Is just one of the famous quotes in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare. This play has two fantastic speeches by Brutus and Marc Antony. They are very similar and different in their own way. We will dig deep and dissect each speech, but in the end find out which man and speech tops the other. The first thing that we will look at is the speaker’s position in the relation of the crowd. In Brutus’s speech he stands above the crowd of the Roman people. I think he does this because he portrays himself has higher or better than the Roman people. In Marc Antony’s speech he walks down to the crowd and interacted with the crowd a lot more. Antony’s sees himself has one of the Roman people, not better or higher …show more content…

So what was the purpose of their speeches? The Purpose of Brutus’s speech was to convince the Romans that killing Caesar was a good idea (Act III, Scene ii. Lines 21-27). Saying that he did he for the good of Rome and that if he would have ruled the Roman people would have been his slaves. Marc Antony’s purpose was the total opposite, he was trying to convince them that the conspirators were bad people and that killing Caesar was not a good think. Now he did not just flat out say this, he did it progressively throughout the speech and using double meanings of words. Next is Repetitive phrases. Brutus and Marc Antony both used repetitive phrases. In Brutus’s speech his repetitive phrase was, “ambition”. He used this word describing Caesar in bad ways, saying he was too, “ambitious” to be the leader of Rome. In Marc Antony’s speech his repetitive phrase was, “honorable men” (Act III, Scene ii. Lines 100, 125-129). He used this asking the Roman people if the conspirators were really “honorable men?” Again he didn’t just flat out say they were bad men, he used phrases like this to give hints and clues on what he was trying to …show more content…

Brutus’s tone was convincing and confident. If it wasn’t for this tone Brutus had it would have been a lot harder for the Romans to be convinced it was a good thing killing Caesar. Marc Antony’s tone was very passionate. I think this passionate tone hit the Romans in the heart and made it very easy for them to get on Antony’s side. Both Brutus and Marc Antony’s tone were very good, but I think Antony’s passionate tine was more effective. The next topic of discussion is the main points of the speeches. Brutus’s main points were telling the Romans why he killed Caesar and why it was good for Rome. Once he got over that main point he could go in detail about other little topics that added a layer of convincing the Roman people. Marc Antony’s main points were to that the conspirators were bad. Yet again he did not do this is one sentence, he did it by asking rhetorical questions and leaving little hints and clues in his

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