“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” (George Orwell, 1984). William Shakespeare intensified his quality of work by insinuating manipulative and persuasive language within his writing. Cassius, a loyal server to Brutus, was easy to coax Brutus into rebelling against Julius Caesar, gaining an additional member to his group of conspirators. Cassius altered Brutus’ thoughts of Caesar’s ruling, within the use of multiple effective rhetorical techniques.
“And public reasons shall be rendered Of Caesar’s death.” (Act III, Scene II) In the play, “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar was killed by a group of conspirators who believed that his rule would result in the downfall of Rome, and that his death was the best solution. Marcus Brutus, who was viewed as the leader of the plot to kill Caesar, was the first to speak at his funeral, followed by Marc Antony. Each man’s speech included several examples of rhetorical strategies that ultimately swayed the audience to be in favor of one side or another. Marcus Brutus gave the better, more argumentative speech due to his effective use of rhetorical strategies.
Lukas Wiechert Mr. Ioannidis English 3rd Hr. 10B 21 May 2024 Brutus’s Duty and Antony’s Rhetoric Brutus and the conspirators ended up assassinating Caesar but in return they had many consequences to get around. One being the funeral for Caesar and his celebration of life in which Antony as well as Brutus had to make a speech to the commoners of Rome. What speech is better is determined by their stature, thoughts, and emotions. Brutus uses a style to justify Caesar’s assassination.
Bennett Julius Caesar Essay In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Marc Antony appeals to Desseus Brutus’ honor, the betrayal of Rome and Caesars prestige in regard to the plebians' tyranny. Noble Brutis speaks of Caesar’s betrail and ambition, however preceding his oration on Caesar's death is contradicted by Antony the reversal elucidated by his discrete rhetoric, further emphasized by the repute of Caesar in the public eye. Antony, compelling the plebeians, influenced them to “rise and mutiny(3.2.143)” by contrasting Brutus’ “ambition(3.2.101)” with the benevolence of Caesar. Marc Antony appeals to Bruits' disloyalty and ambition, in his speech to the plebeians preceding the death and funeral of Caesar.
In his thoughtful and critical speech, Brutus, a senator of Rome who is friends with Caesar, utilizes rhetorical devices in order to persuade himself that killing Caesar is beneficial to the people. Toward the middle of the speech, Brutus uses Pathos in a metaphor to prove to himself “that lowliness is young ambition’s ladder” that but once one reaches the top of the ladder, he will “[scorn] the base degrees by which he did ascend” (II, i, 22 & 26-27). This metaphor is comparing humility to a ladder in which ambitious people use to climb to achieve great power. Although, once one reaches the power, the ladder is no longer any use for them and they will look down on the steps and people that had helped them get to this place in scornfulness.
One of Cassius’s idiosyncrasies is devious. During Cassius’s soliloquy in Act one Scene two, Cassius starts talking about how he is going to convince Brutus to help him. He says “ I will this night, in several hands, in at his windows throw, as if they came from several citizens, writing, all tending to the great opinion that Rome holds of his name.”. What he is saying is that he will forge writings to make them look like other people’s writings and then give them to Brutus to make him notice that Rome thinks he is better than Caesar. He expects this will then lead to Brutus helping Cassius.
In Julius Caesar, a drama written by William Shakespeare, it explores themes of ambition, betrayal, and political intrigue in ancient Rome. The play shows how ambition can lead to downfall and explores the tough choices people can face in leadership. Through the use of diction that implies how Brutus is dishonorable, juxtaposition, and appeals to the Plebeians grief, Antony tries to get them to turn against the conspirators to start a civil war. Antony uses this dictation to imply that Caesar is a really good man who cares about his people and that Brutus and the conspirators are murderers who don’t care about their leader. Throughout Brutus’s speech, he mentioned several times how Caesar was an ambitious leader, so Antony tells them that, “When the
The Brutal Honesty Brutus' soliloquy at the beginning of act II is important to the tragedy of Julius Caesar. It tells us a lot about Brutus and what he contemplates on the murder of Julius Caesar. It also shows who and how the conspirators meant to kill Caesar. It reveals if the murder was necessary and ethical in Brutus' eyes and the right thing to do for the Roman people. Or is it not justified and Brutus and the conspirators are just jealous of Caesar and the power he has or potentially will have?
(2.1, 174-177) Here, Brutus explains to his fellow conspirator Cassius that there is no need for more bloodshed than there already is, and, by stating that there is no blood in the spirit of men, he shows Cassius that it would be dishonorable to kill Antony as he does not pose an imminent threat to them at the time. This display of innocence shows Brutus’s true nobility and portrays him as one of the more heartfelt characters in the tragedy. Brutus’ altruistic nature is prefigured in the beginning of the play through his denial of joining in on the revolt against Caesar. Brutus respects Julius as a great friend even to the point of love.
Keep Power or Kill If you believed that the only way to save your state was to kill one of your friends, would you? The character Brutus killed one of his friends in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar(JC) by William Shakespeare. Some people believe that he is a villain and only killed Caesar to keep his own power in the government. However many people think that he killed Julius Caesar to help prevent Rome from becoming dictatorship.
“Rhetoric, the art of making life less believable. ”- Ben Marcus. In Brutus’s speech after Julius Caesar’s assassination, Brutus portrayed Caesar as ‘ambitious’.
In Act II of Julius Caesar Brutus had an internal conflict where he decided whether or not to join the conspiracy to kill Caesar who is a long time friend of Brutus. I believe that Brutus made the right decision in deciding to kill Caesar because of the points he made in his soliloquy in the opening scene of Act II. Brutus uses ethos, logos,and pathos to justify the killing of Caesar. In the beginning of his soliloquy he decides that killing Caesar is in the best interest of Rome's people; he justifies this conclusion by making a few claims. Brutus believes that if Caesar gets the crown the power will corrupt him and make him a cruel and ruthless dictator and the only way to stop this is to kill him.
Stating, “I rather tell thee what is to be feared than what I fear for always I am Caesar." However, despite this friendship, Brutus is still torn between his loyalty to Caesar and his concerns about the power of the dictator. In Act 2 scene 1, Brutus explains his inner conflict in his soliloquy. Stating, "It must be by his death, and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him. "
In the play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare creates two speeches projected to the people spoken at Caesar's funeral, in both these monologues the characters use subtle and not so subtle manipulation in order to sway the audience in their favor. The first to speak is Brutus, in which he defends his murder of Caesar. Brutus claims the man was full of dangerous ambition and that if kept alive this ambition would lead to the destruction of Rome.
Brutus 's speech: Brutus speaks to the people of rome why he killed caesar so they will not turn on him. He talked about how he didnt kill him because he didn 't love him but because it was for the better of rome. He also tells the people of rome that letting caesar become king would mean the government type would change and all the wars and hard work his family had put into the government would go away. He also states, for the welfare of rome that he would die for rome if rome demands his death Rhetorical devices: Brutus used questions, logos, parallelism, and pathos to stir the people of rhome. Question-
