Brutus and Antony had a speech at Caesar's funeral and both had compelling speeches but Antony went into much more depth than Brutus did. Brutus had more time to think of his speech than Antony did because he had already known of Caesar's conspiracy to be killed. Thus Antony had little time to come up with one and could not use as much literary devices or logic.
In the speech that Brutus made, he addressed the peasants as countrymen, Romans, and friends. He does so to create a sense of unity and friendliness in the speech. However, Brutus might have a very constructed speech, the speech isn't very influential. Brutus's speech does not use much ethic and constantly tries to put Caesar down as very ambitious and having too much pride. The speech may have been well organized but it lacked evidence that Caesar was ambitious and too much pride because he wrongly stated that refusing the crows three times was foolish and ambitious. Indeed, Caesar deny the crown but that does not make him pride too
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Antony gave facts and logic so the audience will listen to his speech more. Antony had a longer speech made in a less time. The reason for Antony having a longer speech is because since Brutus no longer cared for Caesar he no longer wanted to work on the speech. Antony's speech grabs the audience and slowly lets off the logic and fact, unlike Brutus. Antony went into detail about his counter to the speech Brutus made by asking questions like, "Is it really ambition to deny the crown thrice?" After asking the question he says what Brutus did wrong and perfectly describe how it wasn't true. Antony's speech is more compelling to that of Brutus because of the ethic, because of the feeling, and because of the logic. The speech of Antony is more creditable to the audience and the commoners because of how it really portrays Caesar and gives reasons why he might of not of been a bad
In Brutus’s speech he talked about how he loved Rome more than Caesar. Brutus was very gullible, stoic, and also easily persuaded. Throughout his speech he uses fallacies. One example of a fallacy he uses is the either/or. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men“ (III, i, 22-24). This makes the Roman people believe that either they going to be slaves or free men. One other thing Brutus uses are logos and ethos. He says, “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him” (III, i, 24-27). In that quote he tries to
According to picturequotes.com, “Words are powerful. They can create or they can destroy. So choose your words wisely.” In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, conspirators slay Julius Caesar, resulting in anarchy in Rome. Some agree with the death, while others oppose the sudden and violent death of Caesar. Unlike Antony, Brutus uses emotion rather than fact to sway the Roman people that Caesars death is justified. Although Brutus puts rules in place so he can not talk disrespectfully of the conspiracy, Antony, Caesar‘s closest friend, uses his slyness and manipulation in his funeral speech to persuade the Romans. Although both characters use analogies, parallelism, loaded words and hyperboles, their speeches convey very different
William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is a tragic story of the dog and the manger. After Caesar is killed Mark Antony, a good friend of Caesar, plots to revenge his bloody death. He knows there is strength in numbers, and through a speech at Caesar's funeral, Antony plans to win the crowd of Rome and turn them against Brutus and the other conspirators. Cassius is one of the leading conspirators and is weary of Antony; Brutus is confident that there is nothing to fear, but he speaks before Antony at the funeral just to be safe. These two speeches, vastly different in message but similar in delivery, move the emotions of the people. Brutus's and Antony's
At Caesar’s funeral, the people are moved by Brutus’ speech, however, they find Antony far more convincing. Antony used rhetorical questions and that resulted in the crowd to think and get to their emotions. Brutus, on the other hand, continues on and talks about why Caesar’s assassination occurred. Antony mentions what Caesar has done for Romans. Caesar’s will, however, was what mainly caught people’s attention. Antony was begged by the crowd to read it. Eventually, the will is read to them. Antony’s use of rhetorical questions and reading Caesar’s will are two reasons why his speech was more effective. Brutus’ speech wasn’t as effective because all he did was talk about why Caesar’s assassination occurred and tried to prove to people that he still had love for Caesar. He wanted to show that he was
In the Tragedy Of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Anthony both presented a speech to the citizens of Rome. Brutus argued why his actions to kill Julius were acceptable while Antony contradicted Brutus’s views, arguing why Caesar should not have been murdered. Both speakers used ethos, logos, and pathos to persuade the people of Rome. Brutus’s speech was mainly based on logic, while Antony’s speech took more of an emotional approach . Overall, Antony had a sophistic style, he was much more artful and cunning than Brutus. He reeled in the crowd like a fish and captured them with his compelling diction.
In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, both Brutus and Mark Antony provide moving funeral speeches in hopes to sway the crowd towards their opinion. Brutus makes an attempt to assure the Roman people of his own innocence and justify the murder of Julius Caesar. Adversely, Mark Antony offers a speech to counter that of Brutus and act as the defense for Julius Caesar. While both speeches are sufficient in swaying their audience, Antony is able to use both pathos and antithesis more effectively and his use of the devices enables him to provide a far more compelling speech.
Marc Antony had the more convincing speech at Caesar's funeral. Antony used pathos and logos to make his speech more convincing. He also got the plebeians fired about and angry about the death of Caesar. Brutus however had a different approach to his speech.
By contrast Antony from Julius caesar heavily relies upon the power of language and its ability to exploit the human flaw that is emotion, and by doing so manipulate ones perception through a emotionally (pathos) driven argument. Antony has a greater understanding of the people and knows that they are passionate people who will be swayed by such talk. Also Antony unlike Brutus uses iambic pentameter this shows that he has a higher authority which would make the audience listen more carefully. After each argument Antony produces in Caesar’s defense, he uses irony through the lines “But Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man”. This line is repeated a number of times creating an anaphora. As well as slowly dismantling Brutus’
Antony uses his speech as a way to counteract everything Brutus states and to win over the people. Antony's credibility is being Caesar's friend and not once backstabbing him in the back like Brutus did. Antony is able to prove to the people that he is an honorable man as he did not go against Caesar and was a true friend to him. He relies on repetition as a way to get his point across and facts to counteract Brutus' claims. He states how although Brutus claims that Caesar was ambitious his actions do not prove that to be so as he cared for the poor and treated them with kindness, paid for the ransoms of prisoners, and declined the crown three times in a row, "He hath brought many captives home to Rome/ Whose ransom did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
Brutus and Antony use rhetorical strategies in their speeches at Caesar’s Funeral. They both use Ethos, Logos, and Pathos differently to convince the commoners their reasoning is solid. Antony delivers the most effective speech because of his use of inductive reasoning and pathos, while Brutus used ethos the best.
Brutus may have tried to win the crowd; however, it can only do so much against Antony’s speech. Both speeches were on level playing ground, both being told to the public citizens. However, Antony speech not only pathos and logo, but repetition and rhetorical questioning. Unlike Brutus, who just uses pathos and his trust with the people. Thus Antony wins the crowd and is considered more
Brutus’s speech was all about himself, justice, high level morals, honor, and position. On the other hand, Antony was simpler and understanding to the plebeians because he knew that did not like him right now; thus, Antony gives the plebeians credit and lets them decide if they believe him or Brutus. Antony was more friendly to the plebeians he called him things “friends” to show the plebeians that he was one of them. Antony lets the plebeians know what they want to hear, uses think that the plebeians have already known, for example, when Antony had offered Caesar a crown and he did take it. Antony lets the plebeian know that Caesar was not ambitious by giving them the example of the so called crown he had offered Caesar. He also tells lets them know that if Caesar were ambitious, why would he have brought wealth, and enslaved people to help with the economy in Rome? Antony also talks about how everyone loved Caesar, this is a faulty assumption, for the fact that not everyone loved Caesar. Antony lead the plebeian to think that Caesar really care for them, when Antony take this will that was supposedly of Caesar. He
A further way that the two speeches differ is their structure. Antony’s speech was more like freeform poetry, whereas Brutus’s speech was more like a story. Antony’s speech came from his heart, and unrehearsed, yet still seems to win over the crowd better than Brutus could. Brutus’s speech was completely rehearsed, and spoken with hardly emotion. Antony should have had no chance of swaying the eager crowd because of Brutus’s exceptional oration skills.
Brutus and Antony's speeches were both very different. Brutus tried to get the people to understand that Caesar was corrupt and wasn't the right leader so they would forgive him for killing Caesar, while Antony grieved and began a mutiny against Brutus and the other killers. They both did show their affection towards Caesar and what a great friend he was to them.
Antony’s speech tells the citizens that they should not disapprove of Brutus and his actions, however they still should remember Caesar for the great leader and war hero that he was. He thought that Caesar had no wrongdoings and they didn’t give him a chance. The crowds reaction was to immediately go and kill the conspirators. Inside Antony’s speech, he uses three different examples of rhetorical devices. He uses repetition, pathos, and ethos.