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Julius Caesar Rhetorical Devices

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Scene two of act three in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar shows two orators, consisting of Mark Antony and Brutus, giving speeches to a crowd at Caesar’s funeral. Both of them want to convince the audience that their position on the assassination of Julius Caesar is correct. The two both use rhetorical devices to backup their positions. In the end, Antony is victorious. Even though the two speeches have similarities, they also have many differences that made Antony’s speech just that little bit better. Brutus speech in many ways differed from Antony’s speech. He used plenty of ethos and pathos but failed to use logos, Which Antony utilizes fairly well. A good example of pathos in famous speeches is Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream”
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