Brutus Speech In Julius Caesar

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

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

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.

Brutus steps out to the capitol and informs them about Caesars death and proceeds to give them an explanation on the reasoning of his death. During Brutus’s speech he appeals to the audiences emotions by stating “There is tears for his love, joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.” Brutus uses the strategy Pathos because this statement appealed to the audiences emotions and more than likely made them feel sad or maybe mad. Brutus also states that “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men.” By saying this Brutus is trying to explain to the crowd that if Caesar was to had stayed alive then

Brutus describes how he is willing to die for the greater good of Rome, which he uses to conclude his speech, which wins the people's hearts over.

“If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: --Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar, were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to live all free men?”

Brutus is a devoted friend of Caesar and since they are such trusty friends, Brutus can lead Caesar to Cassius's trap without speculating anything because he thinks Brutus is noble to him.

In this world, few skills carry with them greater power than the skill of speaking to a crowd. A good speech can shatter the dreams or raise the hopes of millions. It can raise civilizations, or it can destroy them. The right speech can change the world. And the legendary writer William Shakespeare knew this well, as we see in one of his most popular plays; Julius Caesar. In the play, this power speech has is seen most heavily in the life of Brutus, who was not only manipulated by the words of others time after time, but tried to sway others with his own words, with some success even, but was often ruined by the even stronger rhetoric of others or perhaps by other events later on.

Furthermore, Brutus uses rhetorical questions in his speech as well. Brutus asks the crowd,” Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” This makes the citizens think and questions their ethical values. Of course, they would want all men to be free, so killing Caesar is the only way.

In Julius Caesar, Act II Scene 2, Brutus and Antony speak at Caesar’s funeral. The first speaker is Brutus, who makes several arguments in favor of Caesar’s death. He questions the crowd by asking for emphasis whether it was better that Caesar be alive and everyone die a slave or that Caesar die and they live free men. In stanza four, Brutus asks rhetorically if he has offended anyone “so vile that he will not love his country”, in an attempt to stir up patriotism in the crowd and present himself as a proud and loyal Roman. He later states that It was not that he cared about Caesar less, but that he cared about Rome more. In stanza eight, he makes an analogy that just as he would kill his best friend (Caesar) for Rome, he would kill himself, if it were for the good of the Roman people. This statement was to prove trustworthiness and dedication to helping the Roman people, so he could be the “good guy”.

Brutus uses a proud tone conveyed by many literary devices to convince the audience that Caesar's murder was justified. Brutus asks, "Would you rather, Caesar were living, and you all die slaves, than that Caesar were dead, so you all live freeman" (Shakespeare 3.2.20-22). Brutus tries to persuade the audience that Caesar's murder was justified through the use of a rhetorical question and a hyperbole. He tells the audience if Caesar was not killed, Caesar could have become a dictator, and the people would have been oppressed. This persuasive question gives the Roman citizens time to contemplate what Brutus is saying, and prompts them to visualize the

Brutus’s constant interrogation creates the connection that killing Caesar was justified and good to Rome. Brutus quickly yells the question “Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?” (III.ii.24-6). Brutus phrases the question this way he does in order to create an association in the plebeians minds that if Caesar were alive, they would all be slaves. This creates a lose-lose situation for the plebeians, and deviates attention from the real problem. The constant rhetorical questions allow Brutus to manipulate the crowd without outright stating it. It guides the plebeians to the same conclusion, but allows them to believe they came up with the conclusion themselves. Many plebeians would not have heeded his word if Brutus did not present the question the way he did, and remained focused on the fact that Brutus killed Caesar. Brutus continues to interrogate the crowd, “Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak—for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak—for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak—for him have I offended.” (III.ii.30-6). Brutus poses the carefully calculated question as a way to make the plebeians believe that that not only was the killing justified, but that if you disagreed with the brutal killing, you were an enemy of Rome or not Roman. Brutus to beat his ideas into the plebeians brains, not allowing them to think or speak out against him because of how he phrased the question, forcing the crowd to hear, and eventually believe his words. Had Brutus not phrased the question as he had done, the crowd could have realized that Caesar’s death was just senseless murder.

Brutus speaks to the citizens of Rome to tell them why he killed Caesar, so that they will not turn on him. He talks about how he killed Caesar, not for his personal wants, but for the good of Rome. He tells the people that allowing Caesar to rule and fulfill his

The speech that marc anthony and brutus gave to the public about why casear died could have been interperted in different ways. such as brutus and the conspirators killed casear because it wasv for the good of the people and to make sure that they dont have to be ruled by a dicator and or an abosulte monarchy manor or form of government. brutuses speech was not the speech that most people would have shown to listen to if they were a pesant. marc anothonys speech was based on attacking the conspirators with out breaking the rules that anothony was given.

Although William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar provides a largely accurate and incredibly detailed record of the assassination of its namesake, the play is regarded not as one of the Bard’s histories, but as one of his greatest tragedies. Shakespeare’s poignant lyrical interpretation of the fall of Julius Caesar is defined without a doubt as a tragedy by the sorrowful nature of the development, execution, and aftermath of Marcus Brutus’ betrayal of Julius Caesar.