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Julius Caesar Persuasive Speech Essay

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In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, two characters give speeches to the people of Rome at Julius Caesar’s funeral after the famous and well-loved ruler was assassinated. Both Brutus and Mark Antony were senators and friends of Caesar; the only differences between them being who helped in the assassination (Brutus) and how they addressed the Romans in their time of mourning (with rhetorical techniques). Each senator was trying to accomplish a goal: to persuade the people with their speech to be on their side. In terms of a rock-solid argument, Antony gave the better, more persuasive speech. Antony was able to achieve this with many rhetorical techniques, with one of them being verbal irony. It must be understood before delving any
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