In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony gave successful speeches at Caesar’s funeral. Caesar was ambitious to be king which would change Rome from a republic to a monarchy. Because of his urge to be king a conspiracy formed to stop Caesar’s takeover of the government. Brutus was put in charge of the conspiracy, and then helps to kill Caesar. After Caesar’s death Antony promises revenge, and then asks to speak after Brutus at Caesar's funeral. Antony’s speech was more effective than Brutus’s speech because of his use of Pathos, Repetition, and Irony. Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral was more successful because of his use of Pathos. He started by telling them “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now” …show more content…
At the same time he is using the repetition of that phrase to show what Caesar has actually done that was not ambitious. The use of repetition was used to turn the crowd against the conspirators. The final reason that Antony’s speech was more successful than Brutus’s speech was the use of irony. He used irony when he said “For Brutus is an honorable man, so are they all, all honorable men” (3. 2. 83-84). He said this to please Brutus, but he actually meant to say that they may have claimed to be honorable men, but they killed the most honorable of them all. The irony in this sentence is that he is trying to make the plebeians very angry with the conspirators, while at the same time sticking to Brutus’s requirement to not say anything bad about the conspirators. Because of Antony's use of pathos, repetition, and irony, his speech was more successful than Brutus’s speech. He got to the emotions of the people and made them very angry with the conspirators (pathos). He then uses repetition to show the people that Caesar was not ambitious. And finally he used irony to remain within Brutus’s requirements to not say anything against the conspirators. This is why Antony’s speech was more successful than Brutus’s
The Roman citizens that were listening to these speeches were not smart enough to logically depict each speech. They were very easily manipulated by both Brutus and Antony, but Antony knew how to read the crowd, therefore his speech was more influential in the decision the Romans made.
Brutus feels guilty for what he has done to Caesar. Because of this, Brutus is able to make a good use of pathos. However, Antony feels strongly about Caesar's death as well. From his point of view, the conspirators are brutal killers. They both have really good reasons behind their words in both of their speeches. After looking over both men's speeches, it is clear that Antony's speech is the overall better one because it is the one the plebeians go on to believe.
During the second scene of the third act in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, both Brutus and Mark Antony deliver speeches to the public at Caesar’s funeral. Both of them use rhetorical devices and other strategies to try to convince the crowd to support them. In the end, Antony was victorious. He even managed to rile up the crowd enough to cause them to riot against Brutus! Why did Antony win though? The speeches are pretty similar, right? That is true, but they are also quite different as well. Just looking at the two speeches, most wouldn’t notice the different tactics involved. However, there were indeed some very important tricks used to sway the audience to support Antony instead of Brutus.
In the play Julius Caesar, Caesar’s funeral is very dramatic. Both Antony and Brutus give speeches, and both of them really connect with their audiences, especially Antony. Shakespeare often uses various literary devices in his plays, many of which are used in Antony’s funeral speech. Antony uses logos, ethos and pathos in his funeral speech to connect with the crowd.
Brutus versus Antony, a vital aspect of Julius Caesar that sways the Romans to one side and determines the whole outcome of the story. Julius Caesar was a true story, written by English writer William Shakespeare. The story is about betrayal, and how people aren’t as close as they seem. After the significant murder of Caesar, Brutus and Antony both give speeches to convince the people of Rome. The purpose of Brutus’ speech was to persuade the Romans to trust him and understand that Caesar had to be killed. On the other hand, Antony’s speech was meant to restore Caesar’s credibility, and disprove Brutus’ argument. Brutus and Antony both use the rhetorical devices ethos, pathos and logos to spread their ideas to the people and convince them of
In Scene 2, Act 3, Brutus and Antony both separately tell a speech about Caesar’s death and why it happened. Both are trying to sway the people in their favor, Brutus saying it was necessary while Antony explaining it was murder. Both uses pathos and ethos, their own reputations, to win the people over. Brutus, however, loses to Antony. Antony persuasive speech was more on the side of pathos than Brutus, leading to Brutus’s downfall.
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 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.
Antony uses an abundance of pathos in his speech. One example is: “Caesar was my friend and just to me” (III, ii, 86). Using pathos helps the audience make connections with him. He also reads Caesar’s will which makes the people feel guilty about turning against Caesar during Brutus’ speech. He shows them the stabs wounds on Caesar’s coat and names which conspirator stabbed him. The Roman people now feel pity and anger towards the conspirators. Overall, Antony was smart with his words and won over the Roman people better than
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
The speeches given by both Brutus and Mark Antony in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are very persuasive to the audience that they are given to, but rhetorical devices were used in different ways in order for each to have an effect on the people of Rome. In Brutus’s speech, he uses devices such as rhetorical question and antithesis to convince the Romans that he and the conpirators did a good deed by killing Caesar. In Mark Antony’s speech, he sways them to believe that Caesar did not deserve to die, and that the conpirators were the real enemies by using rhetorical devices like rhetorical question and apostrophe. Both speeches were very
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’
In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the dictator of Rome is assassinated by his senators. Among which was one of his closest advisors, Brutus. Another friend of Caesar, named Marc Antony, hears of this assassination and is grief-stricken. Together the two men speak to the citizens of Rome about their views of what is right. Firstly Brutus speaks, soon after Antony recites his side of the story. Although the crowd is swayed by both men, Antony is able to maintain the support of the people with his ideas and values. Antony was the better speech for a varying amount of rhetoric he used, among which are pathos and juxtaposition. Brutus uses these as well, but not as adequately.
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
The first speech we hear is that of Brutus. In his speech he aims to