Power Of Words In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Having a strong and effective persuasive language can convince people. In the book Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the book follows a group of conspirators and the aftermath of Julius Caesar's death. However, his right hand man Mark Antony wants to burn Rome since he hates Brutus and the commoners. At Caesar's funeral Brutus makes a response that causes the plebeians’ to turn against him. The Plebeians' had trust in Brutus and not Caesar, nor at first did they not want to listen to Antony. Throughout Antony’s speech, he utilizes repetition and specific words with the plebeians' to revolt against the conspirators to reach vengeance.
Antony continues his speech by letting the plebeians' know how faithful he is, As Caesar loved rome. Antony

He has the plebeians' slowly convinced with his speech to turn against Caesar. Antony explains how Caesar’s body lies beside them after being killed. Antony expresses the way he could be pursuing them to turn against Caesar over “Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage/{He} should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong”(3.2.134-135). Antony expresses how he could be pursuing them to rebel against him with the usage of fear mongering and strong words. His main goal is to be able to prove himself to the plebeians’ to make them “understand” what has been done. He utilizes the use of comparison and powerful words to get his message across. This works to his advantage because it gains more attraction to want to hear him out while showing what Caesar has done. Antony appeals to his audience as a determined, confident person to stand there and give his opinion on what he thinks should happen moving forward. Antony begins by stating how strong and powerful they are. He does this by using meaningful words that will cause them to listen. He begins to state “You are not wood, you are not stones, but men/and, being men, hearing the will of Caesar”(3.2.154-155). Antony utilizes their emotions against him. He manipulates it by telling them if they are strong enough then they should be able to listen to his will. He knows that they are grieving and that they are in a fragile mindset.

Antony states how everyone who has acted with Caesar is considered honorable. He once again continues to use his tone of voice and words to share how he feels. Antony claims “To such a sudden flood of mutiny /They that have done this deed are honorable”(3.2.223-224). Antony makes them feel proud and honored to have done their deed. It was a way to make them feel happy after all that has been done. He gets them on his side because he tells them that what was done is honorable. He gets them to feel happy by staying in a good mood after this death. Antony has officially proved himself how trustworthy he is. That everything he is doing is to make himself seem better in the end. Nothing he is doing is to help out the plebeians’ or brutus. With everything Caesar did he was not a great man, Since Anton states “In every wound of Caesar that should move/The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny”(3.2.242-243). He lets the plebeians' know what he has done to the city of Rome. He finally shows honesty with the plebeians' on how Caesar loved Rome so much to the point where he controlled everything. He changed Rome to better himself and no one else. Antony uses honesty to show them how what Caesar did was not in the way to make Rome better. Everything he did was for himself to keep his honor and pride. It brings more tension and fear on how it is able to