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Julius Caesar Rhetorical Devices

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In act 3 scene 2 of Julius Caesar, Brutus addresses the crowd regarding the assassination of Julius Caesar performed by a group of conspirators with himself included.When Brutus is done speaking to the citizens it is clear that most if not all, are on his side and believe that killing Caesar was necessary for Rome to prosper. Brutus exits, leaving Antony alone to say a few words about Caesar. It is what he says through an array of different techniques and devices, that convince the plebeians to rise against Brutus and the conspirators and take revenge of Caesar behalf. The very first technique used in Antony's speech is equalizing the relationship between himself and Rome’s citizens. He addresses the crowd has his friends and reminds them that they are all Romans who have the same ideals and beliefs. He wants the mod to see …show more content…

Someone who has come to honor and celebrate the life of Caesar. Immediately after this he tells the crowd he has not praise Caesar. This is important for him to address because the plebeians expect him to stand before them and eulogize Caesar as well as criticize Brutus for his actions. Instead he says that if indeed Caesar was as ambitious as he was said to be that he deserved what was coming to him. Antony starts off his speech by taking Brutus’ side. He calls all of the conspirators honorable men making it obvious his intentions are not to bash them. However, Antony seems to get lost in his speech and begins to recall memories and good deeds Caesar has done for himself and Rome. He points out Caesar was his friend and was faithful to him, speaks of how Caesar brang captives back to Rome that earned Rome great wealth, spoke of how Caesar had great sympathy towards the poor citizens of Rome and maybe the most effective example he pointed out that he offered Caesar the

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He is trying to get the Romans to be angry at the conspirators because of what they did to Julius Caesar. The goal of his speech is to get the schemers caught because of their crimes as well as avenge his friend, Caesar. The intended audience is agreeable with what Antony is telling them. Although the audience is

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(III.ii.140-146). Antony begins by establishing a link between the people of Rome, thus, leveling himself with the crowd and calming them down. He then insists that the crowd does not want to hear Caesar’s final thoughts, knowing the crowd will beg for it, stirring up and flustering them up, which grasps their attention through the use of verbal irony and diction. Moreover, through the usage of word “inflame,” Antony adequately flusters the crowd Furthermore, Antony utters, “And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; / My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, /

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Julius Caesar: a beloved man with a tragic and mysterious death to end his tale at the hands of people that he once considered close friends of his. In William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar,” the audience gets to witness the conflicts that might have taken place behind closed doors, listening to the debates that took place between such as Mark Antony and Brutus. In the play, Antony tries to convince Brutus that Caesar deserves to be murdered. Near the end, Antony and Brutus both pay homage to Caesar at his funeral in front of the Roman civilians, with Antony delivering the most effective speech by fabricating a refined and potent speech that used rhetorical appeals to persuade the citizens of Rome. In the speech, Antony is trying to sway the crowd into agreeing with the motives for murdering Caesar by using logos to justify his actions.

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Antony is refuting Brutus’ argument that Caesar was too ambitious and that is why he needed to be assassinated. He brings up the time when Caesar denied the crown several times and asks the audience, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?”

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Presenting a speech, so it is effective, is not always an easy task. For instance, in Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony speak to the crowd back-to-back from each other, yet one speech in particular makes an impact on the crowd. After both monologues are given, it is crystal clear who is the most favorable of the two in the Roman’s eyes. One, in particular, used spectacular tactics so the crowd would change their point of view on the situation.

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His acknowledgement of Brutus saying “[Caesar] was ambitious” (III.ii.82) followed immediately by his saying that Brutus “is an honorable man” (III.ii.83) repetitively shows the crowd that Antony is ungrateful for the conspirators allegedly saving Rome. This repetition becomes sarcastic, creating an ungrateful feeling throughout the crowd. He also repeats good traits of Caesar, including how “He was [Antony’s] friend, faithful and just to [Antony]” (III.ii.81) which establishes an emotional connection between him and the citizens. He uses aposiopesis to display how the assassination has affected him, once again using emotion to persuade the crowd to see the murder the same way he views it. He reminds the citizens that “when that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (III.ii.87) which establishes another emotional connection between the fallen leader and the

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Throughout the speech, he appears to be praising the conspirators, but in reality, he is sort of mocking their credibility and making them look foolish. For example, when he says "But Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man," he is using irony to say that Brutus is not actually honorable, and that his claim about Caesar's ambition is false. Another important aspect of Anthony's speech is his use of rhetorical questions. He asks the crowd a series of questions, such as "Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?" and "Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?"

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  This uses emphasized words that connect with highly valued concepts, used when he says “Romans, countrymen, and lovers,”.  Apposed to this, Antony uses the ad hominem fallacy to attack Brutus’s personal attributes instead of focusing on Caesar.     To Antony’s benefit, he spoke after Brutus.  Consequently, he had the people of Rome on his side.

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Within Antony’s speech to the Romans he uses anaphoric text to spike a whirl of rage towards Brutus. Repeatedly Antony states “Brutus is an honorable man” emphatically for the duration of his speech to contradict Brutus’s nobility ( March Antony, Lines 83,88,95 ). Before Antony begins his speech he is approached by the Romans with comments to not speak bad on Brutus’s name, which is why he utilized the anaphora to repeat that Brutus is an honorable man therefore allowing him to gain the Romans trust to speak. Antony does not say these lines truthfully but sarcastically to make the people of Rome feel furious against Brutus for taking Caesar to his mortal death.

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He compares himself to Brutus, claiming that he cannot “stir men’s blood” through his speaking as Brutus can (Shakespeare 224). First of all, this established a line of trust with his audience - Antony is able to convince the plebeians that he is not aiming to manipulate their actions, only to speak his truth of Caesar’s death. Feeling betrayed by Brutus at this point, this argument is effective in giving the plebeians a new faith in Antony’s words. However, in actuality, this statement is enough to compel the plebeians to the exact opposite. The common folk are made to “move / the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny” because of Antony’s enunciation (Shakespeare 230-231).

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Antony uses rhetorical appeals and techniques in his speech to turn the people of Rome against those conspiring against Caesar. As a result, the people see Antony as a persuasive and strong leader of Rome. Antony opens his speech at Caesar’s funeral by using ethos to present himself as a credible source and a friend of Caesar. Antony states his purpose in the beginning of his speech by starting with “I come to bury

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Antony says “The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, and grievously hath Caesar answered it.” At Caesar’s funeral, this means everything that Caesar did he will pay for after his death. Another is accepting that Caesar might have made mistakes by saying he will pay for them. Since Caesar is not there to defend himself, Antony as his friend and as a Rome citizen understands the people and his friend. Antony tries to demonstrate that Caesar was not ambitious like Brutus said, but was respectful to Brutus.

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In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, a horrendous crime took place, in Act three Scene 1. Julius Caesar was killed by the conspirators. After his murder Antony, fearing for his life sympathized with the conspirators, but he became determined to prove they were criminals. The great and “honourable” Brutus and Cassius, talk to the crowd of plebeians, to announce the death of Caesar and to justify the terrible crime. Antony gave Caesar 's funeral speech, was not involved in the murder, but he declared loyalty to the murderers, but he still remained loyal to Caesar.

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Brutus delivers his speech in a laudatory manner by conveying Caesar’s deeds and claiming he was ambitious, although Antony contradicts Brutus’ claims and says Caesar spurned the crown with the intent to merely rule as a de facto dictator. Brutus’ speech reveals his motives were truly for the benefit of Rome given his nationalistic tone and Antony’s speech was merely used to obscure his true motives, which was to embroil Rome in a series of civil wars to attain power. Brutus and Antony’s speeches consisted predominantly of Pathos and Ethos, but it is Antony who ultimately it is Antony who prevails because of his almost disingenuous attitude and even use of Logos which is seen when claims that reading Caesar’s will would dishonor his compeers and even Caesar

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Antony speech is claiming that it was not a good idea to kill Caesar and to convince that Brutus is a very bad man. Antony makes the claim of Brutus throughout the whole speech using parallelism and repetition. Antony constantly says “for Brutus is an honorable man” through the entire speech but doesn’t really mean it. Yet Antony always says the same phrase a lot of times it makes you think of something different. The beginning of the speech when he first says the phrase you actually think he trying to be respectful.

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