In what is considered to be a piece of enchanting literary rhetoric, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare unfolds the idea of rhetoric altering reality through the action taken by many characters. Characters such as Brutus, (Fill in other two speeches used) support Shakespeare’s the idea of rhetoric altering reality, by embedding literary devices such as (IDK YET) into their speech. Brutus’ speech contained hypophora to help convince the plebeians in believing the future of Rome was brighter lacking Caesar. In Shakespeare’s well thought out piece of enchanting literary rhetoric, Julius Caesar, Shakespeare suggests that rhetoric alters reality. This position may be most evident in Brutus’ speech designed to convince the plebeians that Rome’s future …show more content…
Brutus explained to the plebeians that he had only killed Caesar because of what Caesar’s will to turn Rome into; however, Brutus was going to make sure that he stayed noble and helped Rome. Brutus is able to create a strong ethos and connect with the audience when he states, “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?” (II.III. 23-24). Brutus wishes to prove to Rome that he stays true to his word and desires a better place for Rome because Caesar was making everyone his slaves. This had put Brutus at risk because if Rome didn’t believe his speech, they would kill him for Caesar’s justice. Hypophora was used in Brutus’ speech to supports Shakespeare idea of rhetoric altering reality when Brutus questions, “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. I pause for a reply”, (2.2.29-34). Brutus uses Hypophora when asking the plebeians if they wanted to be Caesar’s slaves and then answers his question for them. Hypophora was a critical rhetorical device used in Brutus’ speech because it connected the plebeians and Brutus’ feeling towards the Noble Caesar. Reality is altered through the acts of rhetoric in Brutus’ speech using hypophora and parallelism. The cold hard reality of Caesar wanting to rule Rome and treat the plebeians like slaves is quickly and forcefully shut down by Brutus who connects with the plebeians and promises for a traditional Roman leader. However Brutus does not want to rule Rome he assures that Rome's future isn’t traditional in the hands of Caesar and his will do revolve Rome around his own personal beliefs. Hypophora and parallelism impacted
In the play, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, one of the main characters, Brutus, shows the use of all of the rhetorical devices, logos, pathos, and ethos, in his funeral oration. Brutus shows more pathos than the rest of the other rhetorical devices. In his speech he mostly describes how much he loved Caesar and that the reason why he was one of the conspirators who killed Caesar was because he thought about Rome more than Caesar.
In William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, two speeches are given to the people of Rome about Caesar's death. In Act 3, Scene 2 of this play Brutus and Antony both try to sway the minds of the Romans toward their views. Brutus tried to make the people believe he killed Caesar for a noble cause. Antony tried to persuade the people that the conspirators committed an act of brutality toward Caesar and were traitors. The effectiveness and ineffectiveness of both Antony's and Brutus's speech to the people are conveyed through tone and rhetorical devices.
Brutus’s main goal in his speech was to justify his action of killing Caesar in hope that the citizens would be in agreement with him and understand that he had Rome’s best interests at heart. Brutus attempts to persuade the people through ethos, pathos, and logos. He mainly uses ethos. He continuously says that he is an honorable man who loved Caesar but loved his country more. He uses an example of ethos when he says, “Hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear: believe me for mine honour, and have respect for mine honour, that you may believe.” In this quote, he uses restatement to show his credibility as an honorable man. Because he approached the people in this way, they think, “Why would an honorable man, such
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony attempt to persuade the audience of their position on the death of Caesar. While Brutus explains that his death was necessary, Antony claims that Caesar was not deserving of his demise. However, though Brutus does have ample credibility and taps into the emotional link with his audience to some extent, he does not convey as powerful of an argument as Antony, as he fails to provide sufficient factual evidence. Antony, on the other hand, utilizes logical argumentation with solid evidence, creates an emotional connection with his audience, and maintains credibility in order to support his own argument. Through this, it can be seen that Antony’s use of rhetorical appeals and devices is superior
“The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force” according to Adolf Hitler, a master in rhetoric, who was able to sway the people of Germany into electing him as chancellor, and who was able to brain wash an army into creating the biggest mass genocide on the planet. This type of strategy is mimicked by Mark Antony in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Mark Antony’s extensive knowledge of rhetorical strategies, such as appeal to the emotions of the commoners, knowledge of topic and reputation, and syntactical devices eclipse Brutus’ reasoning for killing Julius Caesar and wins over the Roman commoners.
The concept of persuasion through rhetoric and oratory has been used throughout history to manipulate the poor and disenfranchised. In Act Three, Scene Two of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare used Brutus and Marc Anthony to emphasize the power that properly used words have on the uneducated. When Brutus spoke to the crowd of plebeians, he used
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.
Brutus misjudges and underestimates Antony’s abilities and his audience. When giving his speech, Brutus makes the subject on honor and abstract ideas using logos and ethos but no pathos. The mistake that Brutus makes is that he does not appeal to the crowd’s strong feelings over the death of Julius Caesar. Meanwhile, Antony easily overmatches Brutus because he does not overestimate his audience. Understanding the people, Antony begins in his eulogy appealing to the citizen’s feelings. Because of the lack of emotion in Brutus’s speech, Antony’s highly emotional and extemporaneous speech captures the minds and hearts of the crowd through use of pathos and causes them to become an angry mob that sought to scorn those that took part in the murder of
The most predominate and important aspect In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare are the speeches given to the Roman citizens by Brutus and Antony, the two main charaters, following the death of Caesar. Brutus and Antony both spoke to the crowd,using the same rhetorical devices to express their thoughts. Both speakers used the three classical appeals employed in the speeches: ethos, which is an appeal to credibility; pathos, which is an appeal to the emotion of the audience; and logos, which is an appeal to the content and arrangement of the argument itself. Even though both speeches have the same structure Antony’s speech is significantly more effective than Brutus’s.
In “ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, Brutus and his group of conspirators killed Caesar for being too ambitious. At Caesar’s funeral Brutus allows Antony, his best friend to speak. In Antony’s speech he uses rhetorical devices such as pathos, ethos, and logos to convince the crowd Caesar's death was unjust.
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
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.
In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, rhetorical devices are commonly used to persuade the audience. During the speeches many devices were effectively used to convince the Romans to choose the side of the argument being presented. Mark Antony’s speech ended up being more effective than Brutus’s due to his use of pathos throughout to help his point be made that Caesar did not deserve to
plebeians in Act 3 Scene 2. He uses this in order to create a sense of
Cassius, Brutus, and Antony use rhetoric successfully in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, albeit each differently and for different causes. Each of these men uses his skills in rhetoric to convince each other and at some points the entire population of Rome to follow his beliefs. However, each of these men has different motivations to do so, as well as different characteristics and general worldviews.