The comparing and contrasting of the speeches between Brutus and Marc Antony in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare shows many ups and downs between both Marc Antony and Brutus. This essay will help determine and show who had the most powerful and effective speech. You will also learn how the Romans respond to the speeches. Was both speeches a form of leadership or was it all revenge between Brutus and Marc Antony? In Brutus speech he is effective for a period time, then overlooked by the Romans. Brutus stands away, above the people and shows little to no emotion. Whereas Marc Antony stands almost within the crowd as he is speaking and is very broken up and emotional (Movie Clip). The speeches also differ in the aspect …show more content…
Brutus self sacrifices himself to the people of Rome. He also tells the Romans that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome, which he loves more than his good friend Caesar, and stated that he cares for Julius Caesar. The Romans are very easy to persuade cause them to start yelling Brutus’s name instead of Caesar. This was Brutus’s intention all along, to get the people to want Brutus to be king. Brutus is very straightforward in his speech and has a very serious tone when speaking, acting if he was already crowned to be King. Brutus proceeds to inform the people that Caesar's intention with Rome were no good. Brutus told the Romans that they would all be slaved by Caesar if he was still alive, he poses a question of if the people would want to be slaves. This helps persuade the people of Rome. Brutus also tells Rome that Caesar had too much ambition to be the King. The Romans now want Brutus to be crowned now and they won’t take no for an …show more content…
Antony took his speech with a sensitive and purposeful approach. Antony starts out by bringing out Caesar's corpse, leading the Romans in shock. Was it a part of the agreement between Antony and Brutus before the funeral? Antony explains what happened to Julius Caesar and uncovers the body for the Romans to see. Antony is physical with the Romans and shows multiple emotions. Antony doesn’t go against the conspirators but makes it very obvious what they did and why they did what they did. Antony's purpose to his speech was to point out that the Romans are very easily persuaded and show just stop and honor Caesar before jumping to a new King. Anthony points out how honorable of a man Brutus is, he also states that Caesar was doing all kinds of good things for Rome but he has too much ambition. Marc Antony shows the Romans Caesars will that he left for the people, this gets the crowd excited, wanting and begging for Antony to read the will. Which Antony does. Was this possibly a plan to persuade the Romans and take the lead of the
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
After Brutus finishes his speech, Antony speaks about his opinion on the issue; unlike Brutus, Antony acts slyly and communicates a very manipulative tone to persuade the Romans to rebel. Because of Antony's use of parallelism, he creates vivid reasoning for his speech. He states, “ I come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III.ii.44). By using this device, he shows the people of Rome that he isn't praising Caesar, he is putting the leader to rest. This particular line creates a very manipulative tone, because his speech is all about what great this Caesar has done and how he wants to rebel against the conspirators. Further more, Antony uses a lot of irony to slyly get his point across. One example that he uses throughout the speech is “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is a honorable man” (III.ii.44). Because of the repitition of this ironic statement, the meaning of it changes and intensifies. At first, his tone was sincere, but as the speech progresses, you can see his sarcastic tone increases. Antony does this because he has to use this device to surpass the regulations of Brutus, as well as make the romans listen. Lastly, he uses personification to give life and further meaning to a word. Early in the speech, Antony says, “The evil
Marc Antony, Brutus, and Cassius are all critical characters in William Shakespeare’s famous play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Due to their distinctive personalities and values, there is no trait that all of these characters share, although they do share some traits with one another. Firstly, Marc Antony and Cassius are manipulative in nature, while Brutus is not. Secondly, the root of Brutus and Cassius’ failure is their personality flaw, while Marc Antony proves strong in all the ways they prove weak. Lastly, Antony and Cassius, unlike Brutus, do not separate their private affairs from their public actions while acts only with honor and virtue and completely ignores his personal concerns.
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 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.
To start off with, Brutus and Antony had some similarities in both of their speeches. For example Brutus and Antony both used dramatic pulses to give the plebeians sympathy for them and to let them think about they were trying to say to them, but
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.
“Persuasion is often more effectual than force.”-Aesop. In the play Julius Caesar, by Shakespeare, Brutus and a group of senators have recently killed Caesar, and Marc Antony is furious about it. He seeks revenge, so when Brutus allows Antony to speak at the funeral, he thinks of a plan to avenge his closest friend. (Define logos, pathos, and ethos). In this play, Marc Antony delivers a more convincing speech than Marcus Brutus through his use of pathos, logos, and ethos.
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.
Did Brutus or Antony’s speech play a bigger role in the outcome? If one of them played a bigger part, it is important to figure out which one. Brutus and Antony both deliver speeches after Caesar’s death to show their true feelings of Caesar. Comparing the speeches, contrasting the speeches, and explaining the outcome are important.
In the first part of Antony’s speech, he begins speaking about his thoughts on who Caesar was, as well as who the conspirators are as people. He then goes on speaking about what Brutus had mentioned when he told the commoners why Caesar had to die.
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 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
He turned the crowd from loving Brutus and wanting him to be king to them hating and wanting to kill him along with the rest of his conspirators. Antony said that he was not there at the funeral to be an orator, he was just there to pay his respects and tell what he knew. He was saying that to try and go to their level. He understands what exactly they are going through and he is their friend. Antony speaks in a way that he is trying to be their friend, but he also has some authority. In reality he doesn’t care and he just wants his revenge on the conspirators. So for the fact that he could change the way he speaks to make the crowd think he cares makes him a great orator. He uses solid logic when he brings up multiple examples of Caesar, not being ambitious at all. That disproved Brutus says Caesar was ambitious and every time Brutus said he was ambitious in his speech, he never gave a specific example like Antony did. Which means to the crowd that Caesar was wrongfully murdered or the conspirators weren’t noble in doing the killing. He never once said one bad word about Brutus or the conspirators, he just changed his tone of voice and that made a bigger impact than him just calling them out. It lets the crowd start thinking what they thought were their own thoughts, but it was actually Antony and the seeds he had been planting throughout his whole speech. He also plays
Brutus possesses many ideals and mannerisms that make him the tragic hero in William Shakespeare’s tragedy. To begin with, Brutus has a deep sense of love for his city, and concerns himself with its well-being. His concern for Rome is actually what causes him to backstab Caesar. He worries that he is too arrogant to be an adequate leader, “I do fear the people/ Choose Caesar for their king.” (Shakespeare I.ii. 85-86). Secondly, Brutus has an undying moral compass that navigates him on his integrity driven choices. Brutus thinks long and hard before he joins the conspirators, and wonders whether or not it is the right choice and questions his choices, “Into what dangers would you lead me…/ That you would have me seek into myself/ For which is not in me?” (Shakespeare I.ii. 69-71). His strong beliefs are what ultimately convince him to join the conspirators, for the good of Rome. Also, Brutus believes in equality and respect. He gives a speech to the public because he feels they deserve to know the reason why Caesar dies, ‘And, waving our red weapons o’er our heads,/ Let’s all cry “Peace, freedom, and liberty!”’. (Shakespeare III.i. 121-122). This heroic quality is one of the things that drives him to be a good leader, and a good person as well. As much as these traits lead us to believe