How Does Antony Use Verbal Irony In Julius Caesar

Verbal irony is when a person says something and the exact opposite happens. An example of this would be when Elie’s dad Chlomo says “ The yellow star? So what ? It’s not lethal.” (11) .Elie’s father at this moment did not realize that the yellow star is making them targets and letting the soldiers know who to take to the camps. Another example is when the train gets to the platform and the people tell the german soldier to take Madame Schächter to the hospital car. The german soldier then tells them that she will be taken to the hospital car soon. The irony is that she will be taken directly to the crematory to be burned she will never reach a hospital car.

Verbal Irony is when words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant. For example in “Night” is when

Because Antony cannot speak negatively about the conspirators, he uses verbal irony and repetition in his speech to say one thing, but make the audience believe the opposite.  The tone of voice he uses in his speech is one indication that he does not mean what he says.  When Antony calls Brutus and Cassius "honorable men," he uses a sarcastic tone to show that they were actually not very honorable.  Again and again he repeats the phrase "honorable men," and each time the irony is more powerful.  Antony connects the audience's new belief that Cassius and Brutus were not honorable to his message that they should not mutiny.  He says, "O masters, if I were disposed to stir/Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,/I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong,/Who (you all know) are honorable men" (III.ii.133-136).  The crowd thinks that the conspirators were not honorable, therefore they believe that mutiny would be acceptable.  To gain the full effect, Antony repeats that the crowd should not mutiny five times, so they lose the main point of his message, and only remember from the indignation in his voice that mutiny is a possible solution.

Irony is an important aspect of this novella. One example of irony that highlights is that when Gregor’s his room is locked, everyone is dying to get in; yet when they realize that he has morphed into a giant insect, although the doors remain open, the only time he experiences human contact is when his sister brings food into his room.

As of Antony he seems to be a harmless friend of Caesar, and Brutus is a monster for killing his best friend Cassius. After Caesars death everything started to change. Antony went to entreat his life to Brutus, pleading with him after all he was the one who stabbed a knife at his close friend, Caesar. Which then questions was Antony truly noble? He did swear his allegiance to Brutus, but for what purpose? Probably to save his life, but it has no good in it if he were to die for Caesar just leaving his memories and reputation. Antony saving his life is not only for him but for Caesars benefit. By Antony convincing Brutus that he's in his side, he was able to make his funeral speech. In Antonys speech he used repetition, “But Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man”. Each time he repeated that phrase, Caesar seemed less ambitious and Brutus less honorable, but until Brutus was claimed admirable. Even if Antony were to not make that speech, Brutus would have still been suffering. He lost all of his allies, his best friend, his wife killed herself, and also Rome itself. This plays as if Brutus has stabbed himself in the back for betraying Caesar while Antony was just hurt for the death of his best friend. Brutus was filled with regret, guilt and the country he were to protect was even against him. As of Antony he had just lost the one person he had always been loyal

The plebeians were expressing how happy they were that Brutus killed Caesar, because he was a tyrant and bad for Rome. Antony then, goes on to say his first rhetorical phrase, “The evil that men do lives after them,/ The good is oft interred with their bones;” He starts off by making the people feel somewhat guilty, pathos, this way, they would pay more attention. The character proceeds on remembering some good things Caesar had done while alive, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome,” and asking if these things seemed too ambitious. But that is what honorable Brutus, as Antony describes, claims, therefore everybody should respect him. Antony does this during his entire speech, “I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong,/ Who, you all know, are honorable men.” He makes sure the people do not realise he is, actually, talking bad things the entire speech about the conspirator. Following, Antony makes his sadness known by saying that his heart is in the coffin with Caesar. To emphasize his mournfulness he goes as far s to stop his speech and cry. Consequently, Antony is able to raise pity among the crowd. His main trick is the reading of the testament. He starts by vocalizing he has got Caesar’s testament but Antony does not read it. The plebeians get curious, therefore demand Antony to read the testament. Antony then ends their inquisitiveness and reads the testament. With the crowd on his side, he stops

Appealing to the ego of his fellow Roman citizens Brutus begins his speech by making a show of telling them they are wise, and then, appealing to their rationality, that they are now to be judges. Defending his actions, he tells them that he loved Caesar but that he loves Rome more: that Caesar was an ambitious ruler and a threat to Rome. Brutus would rather see the people of Rome free than be slaves under Caesar. The crowd is calmed down.

The king of The Jews, they shout. Mounted high on the cross so that all might see, with a crown of thorns, they mockingly proclaim him king, this so-called Son of God. The blood seeping from the wounds that pierce his head flowing freely along his face, yet he shows no anger. He is the Christ, some say in a mocking fashion.

Therefore, Antony is trying to prove that once the conspirators are in his sights, no one is getting out alive. While Marc Antony is giving his speech to the common people trying to persuade them that the conspirators are in the wrong: “In every wound of Caesar that should move the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny” (131). From this moment every action that Antony does will in turn affect the stability of Brutus’ physical and mental well being. Also, Brutus does not realize how close Caesar and Antony are, which can only lead to his demise because Antony is trying to kill him and he does not realize it. During Antony’s speech, to persuade the common people, he walks over to Caesar’s body to show the people all the wounds: “Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell. O, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us” (129). Antony is exaggerating, in a light hearted way, the fact that Brutus stabbed Caesar; for the conspirators told

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

"Friends, Romans, and Countrymen lend me your ears"(49). In the play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony is given an opportunity to speak at Caesar's funeral. In his speech, Antony addresses the death of Caesar and draws attention to the foul play at hand. Not only that, but he also discusses the legacy that Caesar left behind. In doing so, Marc Antony uses verbal irony to being to light the conspirator's betrayal toward not only Caesar, but to the people of Rome.

In his soliloquy, Antony praised Caesar’s great personality but at the same time, he would keep saying positive things about Brutus. An example is when he says, “He was my friend, faithful and just to me; / But Brutus says he was ambitious, / And Brutus is an honorable man.” (3.2.85-87). The way in which he spoke and by telling the citizens the context of Caesar’s will, turned the mob against Brutus and the rest of the conspirators. The anger possessed by the countrymen can be shown when a plebeian says, “Most noble Caesar! We’ll revenge his death!” (2.2.244). This betrayal by Antony caused Brutus to break off their friendship.

In “The Cask of Amontillado,” Edgar Allen Poe uses several examples of verbal irony. Verbal irony is when one character says something but actually means something different. One example is on page 288 when Montresor says “My dear Fortunato, you are luckily met. How remarkably well you are looking to-day.” This is verbal irony because he does not really mean that he is looking well, and this sentence starts the ensuing parts of Montresor luring the intoxicated Fortunato into the catacombs, which begins the start of the suspenseful reader waiting to see if Montresor will fulfill his mission.. Another example in the story of verbal irony is on page 289 when Fortunato has the cough, and Montresor insists on going back, saying that his health is precious, when he really means that he wants his health to decline and for him to die. “We will go back; your health is

The second plebeian responds to the first plebeian, ‘ “If thou consider rightly of the matter, Caesar has had great wrong.” ’ Antony turns the plebeians away from Brutus’s reasoning by saying that the people of Rome loves Caesar, but is now hating on him because the conspirators think they are right. The fourth plebeian says to Antony, ‘ “They were traitors. Honorable men? These rhetorical techniques Antony is using on the plebeians are working. The people of Rome think Antony is once again right because he keeps saying how Brutus is an honorable man to show the people that he is not just bashing Brutus. The second plebeian joins in on the plebeians conversation, ‘ “We’ll hear him, we’ll follow him, we’ll die with him.” ’ He did not want to go against Brutus and the conspirators because he respects them, but he has to in order to get Rome back to its tyranny ways. Antony has a way with words especially the ones involving persuasion and manipulation.

Mark Antony’s funeral speech incorporates the rhetorical devices of sarcasm, irony, and repetition to turn the people of Rome. The ironic use of repetition slowly displaced the conspirators. To exemplify, Mark Antony repeatedly calls the conspirators, “ honorable men” (3.2.79). The habit of repeating the word ‘honorable’ is extremely sarcastic, and Antony is purposefully overusing the word on account that it makes the citizens question the legitimacy of the murder. As a result, the crowd wonders if the conspirators are allowed to get away with the crime solely based on