Julius Caesar was scripted by William Shakespeare, a highly regarded English writer. In the play, Cassius is the manipulator and instigator of the play, he uses rhetoric to gain more people in his plan to murder Caesar. Cassius convinces 7 others to join his conspiracy. The conspirators are Cassius, Brutus, Cinna, Casca, Trebonius, Ligarius, Decius, and Metellus; these are the men who plan to kill Caesar. After Caesar is murdered, the conspirators must hide their crime so they have Antony give a speech at his funeral but he must only say good things and not name the conspirators.
Brutus on the other hand does not use irony, and this adds up to why Mark Antony had the better speech. Mark Antony reveals the actions of the conspirators, using the body of Caesar and in irony remarks, "I fear I wrong the honorable men/ whose daggers have stabbed Caesar." (III.ii.163164) This is ironic, because men cannot be honored if they just killed a man that was falsely accused of being ambitious. Although Antony still abides by the restrictions that he cannot say anything bad against the conspirators, his tone is so sarcastic and ironic that even the plebeians figure it out and reply with, "They were traitors. Honorable men?"
Act III, Scene 2 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Antony's speech effectively develops and supports the central idea of turning the people against Brutus and honoring Caesar, through his use of emotional appeal, rhetorical questions, and loaded words. Brutus manipulated the people but Antony uses good reasoning to turn the people against Brutus. Antony masterfully employs emotional appeal to evoke strong feelings in the audience and encourage them to turn against Brutus. “For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, ingratitude, more strong than traitor’s arms, quite vanqished him.” Therefore the noble Caesar so who stab him and brutus was his friend and did him wrong. ”
Next, Antony uses the fact that he is Caesar’s best friend to provide a more reassuring tone toward the Romans in order for them to believe him and follow him like how they have trusted Caesar. When Antony says “He was my friend, faithful and just to me” (3.2.94). Utilizing the word “friend”, he wants them to feel friendly with him. Antony loves to be confident with everything that does, he says “faithful and just to me” tends to be a style of talking that only those who are super confident used, because how would he ever know if Caesar was only faithful to him. Not only that Antony uses reassuring tone in his speech to gain the Romans, but he is also confident in his way of talking that make Antony to be an effective leader because in general,
In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar, Mark Antony uses rhetorical devices such as paralipsis, rhetorical questions, and verbal irony in his speech to the plebeians in order to plot them against the conspirators. During his speech to the plebians, Antony uses paralipsis in order to kindle curiosity and interest in the audience. Antony mentions to the plebians that he had Caesar’s will with him but tells them, “Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it; It is not meet you know how much Caesar loved you” (3.2.152-153). By drawing attention to Caesar’s will, something Antony desperately wants to show the plebeians, but then dismissing the idea of reading it, Antony uses a type of verbal irony called paralipsis. Antony is aware that the contents
Topic: Brutus is Innocent Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to show that Brutus is innocent for the killing of Caesar given the necessary evidence. Thesis: If Caesar killed Pompey for the “good of Rome” and was celebrated instead of being punished, why should Brutus be punished for doing the same thing?
I do agree with Caesar because In Act 1 Scene 2 Caesar says “He reads much, he is a great Observer, and he looks quite through the deeds of men. He loves no plays As thou dost, Antony; He hears no music.” Which shows that Cassius feelings aren’t ever at rest also the fact that he doesn’t know how to live for fun, which proves to me that men that always think can be harmful (Act1Scene2Line195). Brutus doesn’t want the conspirators to swear their allegiance because he believes when you swear on an oath it’s more of a legal contract, and that shows it isn’t trust.
How can morality be judged based on the actions taken by the characters in Julius Caesar? In the tragedy Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, the characters Portia, Antony, and Brutus appear as masterful manipulators who use different rhetorical tactics such as simile, paralipsis, and repetition to influence those around them. Throughout the play, these characters use rhetoric to sway the opinions of others in order to achieve their own personal desires. Shakespeare uses rhetorical strategies such as repetition and rhetorical questions through Portia as she pleads with Brutus to reveal his secret. The repetition of Brutus' name throughout her sentences shows how much she is trying so vigorously to assist Brutus in his troubles,
In William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," two powerful speeches are given by Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus. Both speeches are delivered at Caesar's funeral, and each orator seeks to sway the Roman citizens to their side. Although both Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus deliver powerful speeches, Antony delivers the more effective speech because he appeals to the emotions of the people, provides evidence to support his claims, and undermines the credibility of the conspirators. Mark Antony appeals to the emotions of the people. Antony's use of rhetorical questions and repetition, such as "Brutus is an honorable man," is designed to challenge the credibility of Brutus and the other conspirators.
The Better Speech “A speech should not be just be a sharing of information, but a sharing of yourself.” This quote by Ralph Archbold is relevant in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar when Brutus and Antony spoke to the people of Rome, after Caesar’s death. Although Brutus was an honorable man, his speech did not get the outcome he wanted. Antony was very cunning, concise and used pathos to influence the people of Rome. Overall, Antony knew beforehand how to manipulate the crowd with his speech more than Brutus.
In Antony’s speech in the play Julius Caesar, he shows various cases of verbal irony in which he says one thing yet means another. He uses this technique to manipulate the crowd with sarcasm and disprove the acts of Brutus against Caesar. His key purpose is to get them to rally against Brutus, after his speech persuaded them that killing off Caesar was the right thing to do. Also, by disproving Brutus with his opposite meanings, the crowd begins to realize the depth of his betrayal.
The tragedy of Julius Caesar Brutus may have had a good speech, but it wasn’t even as good a speech as Antony’s. Brutus and Antony are good friends of Caesar, Brutus talks about how Caesar was ambitious and how he needed to be killed for Rome while Antony defends Caesar and tells everyone how Caesar was not ambitious. Although Brutus speaks about the reasons Caesar would be Rome’s downfall, Antony delivers the more effective speech because he tells everyone the positive side of Caesar, and speaks his heart out about him. Antony had a better speech than Brutus. Because Antony’s speech was about how Caesar wasn’t ambitious and was more effective than Brutus’s speech.
At Julius Caesar's funeral two people gave speeches about Caesar and one of them had sympathy for him while the other mentioned his bad decisions. Brutus wants to kill Caesar, but to kill him he must give the people a reason. Brutus tells the Rome citizens how ambitious Caesar is and they end up killing Caesar. Antony Caesar’s friend talks at Caesar’s funeral and tries to prove the people wrong after being convinced by Brutus. Antony also mentions how Caesar was not ambitious because he was offered to be king three times and denied.
After Julius Caesar’s death, two funeral speeches were given. The first speech was given by Brutus, one of the murderers. The second speech was given by Julius Caesar’s best friend, Mark Antony. The question is, who’s speech was better?
Ladies, gentlemen, and fellow Romans, today you have gathered not to celebrate a war victory, nor are you here to celebrate a festival. You have gathered here today to hear about a brutal assassination, murder, and worst of all, betrayal. The man I am talking about was not a commoner, senator or whatever title one can bestow upon a man; because this man was more than those titles, more than we have words to describe. This man was the great Julius Caesar, he who was our beloved general and ruler. This man was murdered at the hands of the wretched conspiracy, for their own greed and empowerment.
