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Julius Caesar: Emotion Or Credibility?

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Jiselle White Ashford PreAP English 10 4 April 2023 Emotion or Credibility? Consider a time when you tried to persuade your parents to get the newest phone, a new car, or the latest shoes. Did you use credibility, emotion, or logic? There are many ways to convince others, but figuring out the best way to twist someone's arm is what makes persuasion either a strong or weak argument depending on how it is executed. In the play, No Fear Shakespeare Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Calpurnia and Decius present convincing arguments for Julius Caesar. Decius’s argument is ultimately more convincing to Caesar because he presents a more practical situation for Caesar vs Calpurnia, and Caesar's wisdom has withered through power making him vulnerable. …show more content…

Calpurnia has a dream about Caesar's death and feels nothing but the fear of losing her husband. In the text, it says, “Your wisdom is consumed in confidence. Do not go forth today. Call it my fear that keeps you in the house and not your own. We’ll send Mark Antony to the Senate House, And he shall say you are not well today. Let me, upon my knee, prevail in this” (Shakespeare, Act II, Scene ii, line 49). Through this claim, Calpurnia is begging Caesar not to go and receive the crown through emotion because of the fears she has from her dream. She has realized that the power is consuming him and he is in denial of the possibilities of what might happen. His lack of wisdom is apparent. Calpurnia refers to people with significance and others without expressing to Caesar that her dream has meaning. In the text, it says, “When beggars die there are no comets seen. The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes” (Shakespeare, Act II, Scene ii, line 30). Here when Calpurnia refers to beggars and princes it establishes that those without much power and significance in their life will not have much of a meaning to their death. Whereas a prince, a man of royalty will have importance to their death relating to Caesar. She says this hoping it will make him think about the meaning behind her dream and what it might intend for him. Calpurnia’s argument convinces her husband to stay at home because of the force of emotion and

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