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Julius Caesar Rhetorical Devices

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In the play Julius Caesar. there are funeral speeches from Antony and Brutus after the death of Caesar. It is easy to tell which speech constructed a better argument. Also, Brutus’ speech is very short when it is compared to Antony’s speech, but Antony did have much more to say about his dead friend than Brutus did. Antony’s speech uses rhetorical devices, such as ethos, pathos, and logos made his speech stronger and more effective than Brutus’ speech. Brutus was the first one to say his speech and talk to the commoners with “Romans, countrymen, and lovers”. Brutus said Romans first because it appeals more to his speeches message. In Brutus’ speech, he first must explain his and of the conspirator’s decision to assassinate Caesar. He kills him not because he hated Caesar, Brutus loved him as much as everyone, but that he loved Rome more. He rhetorically asked the crowd if they would want to be slaves with him alive or free in his death. Using a mix of logos and a rhetorical question. He mentions everything about him was great; however, Caesar had too much ambition. Brutus talks to the crowd stating “If any, speak, for him have I offended. I pause for a reply,” no one in the crowd was offended. He used logos to calm down the crowd but once Antony talks to the crowd we see the effect wear off. …show more content…

He starts off similar to Brutus with “Friends, Romans, and countrymen”. Notice how Brutus mentions Romans first while Antony says friends to match a more emotional tone his speech takes on. He brings up how Brutus said the Caesar was ambitious and that if he was it was a fatal flaw. Antony says Caesar was a just and good friend, but Brutus said he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man. This is seemly mocking Brutus and saying he made a mistake in judging Caesar. It is Antony's pathos with his emotion appeal against Brutus’ blunt logos with the

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To such a sudden flood of mutiny” (Shakespeare 3.2 208-209). Building on his credibility, Antony claims to be a friendly messenger when in reality he is acting as an instigator. This allows him to deliberately turn the crowd against Brutus in a careful way. As the crowds anger reaches his peak Antony states, “I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: / I am no orator, as Brutus is” (Shakespeare 3.2 216-217). He acts humble while using sarcasm to further mock Brutus.

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Compared to the Ethos that Brutus used, the people connected with Antony’s speech much more and were in turn more likely to remain by his side. Once Brutus thought he had the attention of the people, he used the literary device Logos to attempt and keep people by his side despite not realizing what little effect it really had on them. The way that Brutus utilized logos was by claiming, “I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I / slew him” (III.ii.1560-1561). Despite the obvious meaning that Brutus was afraid of the power Caesar would gain and what he would use it for the citizens decide they want Brutus to become the new leader and completely miss the point which shows that logos was not a good device to use in this situation. Once Brutus had already made the mistake of using logos, Antony delivered his speech with plenty of pathos, repetition, and a dramatic pause.

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Which is when they are able to engage the audience or reader emotionally in order to persuade the audience. By using pathos he was able to make the audience feel proud for being Roman. He made it clear that choosing Caesar would take away the freedoms of being Roman. Using the anaphora and epistrophe put a strong emphasis on Brutus’ main

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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

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He takes a very formal standpoint when giving his speech. Antony, on the other hand, opens his by saying, “Friends, Romans, and countrymen” (Anderson 834). By taking this approach, he uses pathos and gives off more emotion by calling them his friends first. The honorable man Brutus, gives a formal speech in an extremely serious manner. He has everything planned out and is rational within his speech.

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