Rhetorical Analysis Of Antony's Speech

Mark Antony, is very persuasive. He used a lot of rhetorical questions when he was delivering his speech, and then he repeated himself a lot on certain parts of the speech. He doesn’t speak of the conspirators much, only to tell them what they had done, and he protected them kind of, because when he said what had happened the crowd roared with anger. Although he is very angry with Caesar being assassinated, he is going to seek revenge most likely, on the conspirators, and gain power for himself over Rome. He knew how the citizens of Rome would react. He is secretly kind of like the Conspirator’s though, because it shows how he misled the crowd by saying things that were in Caesars will. He managed to prove to the crowd that his assassination

In Brutus’ speech, he uses logic rather than emotions like Antony does. Brutus feels like people’s opinions can be changed if there is reason behind it, and is very rational, but Antony is an extrovert and uses sense rather than changing people’s opinions, he appeals to their senses. Antony’s speech starts out showing this, when he says “You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then mourn for him? O judgement, thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me” Antony’s speech wasn’t very organized like Brutus’ was. He gets upset, and kind of breaks down a little in front of the people, which causes people in the crowd to cry with him when he says “ O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel the dint of pity. There are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you when you but behold our Caesar’s vesture wounded? Look you here, here is himself, marred as you see, with traitors.” During Brutus’ speech, it seems very formal, organized, and cold-hearted. It was organized, because he had no doubt that Caesar wouldn’t be assassinated that very day. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I