Julius Caesar Friendship

Brutus first states, “[Would you rather Caesar] living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to live a freemen” Then Antony came back with “You all did love him once, not without cause. What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?” After Brutus’ speech, Antony was able to evoke the feeling of the audience and bring them back, before his death and see what they had loved within Caesar before his death. All of his accomplishments were able to evoke the emotions they had before his death and then wanted to actually kill Brutus. In the next Scene, it mentioned a major consequence of the words that Antony had spoken. The famous poet Cinna was killed. However, he wasn’t even involved in the assassination of Caesar. That was how much emotion he was able to evoke in the people in Rome. Although ethos could establish the cold, hard truth, pathos can get under peoples skin and effect them and draw them into your cause. In which case it is Antony's'

Antony uses his speech as a way to counteract everything Brutus states and to win over the people. Antony's credibility is being Caesar's friend and not once backstabbing him in the back like Brutus did. Antony is able to prove to the people that he is an honorable man as he did not go against Caesar and was a true friend to him. He relies on repetition as a way to get his point across and facts to counteract Brutus' claims. He states how although Brutus claims that Caesar was ambitious his actions do not prove that to be so as he cared for the poor and treated them with kindness, paid for the ransoms of prisoners, and declined the crown three times in a row, "He hath brought many captives home to Rome/ Whose ransom did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?

Antony’s speech is full of emotion as Antony explains how Brutus says “Caesar was ambitious...Brutus is an honourable man” (III: ii: 101-102). Antony uses pathos as Brutus and the conspirators are the only people that thought Caesar was ambitious. Irony is shown as Brutus is called honorable, yet Antony was using it as a way of mocking him and later showing how Caesar didn’t deserve to die. Antony talks about how Brutus was “Caesar’s angel,” and how much “Caesar loved Brutus:” (III: ii: 183-184). Antony explains this part in pathos as Caesar loved Brutus, yet Brutus betrayed him and killed him. Antony also used logos to show how Caesar didn’t hate others, and how everyone was loved by Caesar. To show how much Caesar loved Rome, Antony explains how Caesar “left the walks, private arbours, and new planted orchards,” to give back to the people that showed appreciation and respect (III: ii: 248-250). Antony uses pathos to convince the plebeians that Caesar tried to make Rome better and brought many achievements to the people. Logos is also shown as Antony explained all the good fortune Caesar left for Rome, and how Caesar will never be forgotten. Mark Antony persuades the Plebeians to show how Caesar did everything to help Rome’s people yet, they conspired against

First he questions the romans by saying “You all did love him once, not without cause. What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?” (III.ii.111-112) they used to love and praise him but now for some reason have betrayed him. It questions the audience and makes them think of their actions and if they have any meaning or are logical. Next he brings up that “...thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this Ambitious?” (III.ii.105-106). This argues the point the conspirators made, which was that Caesar was too ambitious. If Caesar was too ambitious why would he turn down the crown three times. He even asks the audience if Caesar’s actions were ambitious. This is the logical approach Antony used to defend Caesar. Next he attacks brutus in an indirect way when he says “For Brutus, as you Know, was Caesar’s angel. Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him! This was the most unkindest cut of all” (III.ii.198-200). By saying how much Caesar loves Brutus it undermines Brutus by making him look cold and harsh. Why would you want to be led by someone who betrays their best friend? Again we see a masterful usage of rhetorical devices and his persuasive argument taking over the

He does all of this while talking innocently, so there is no way any blame could go on him. This shows how great of an orator he is and how flawlessly he uses rhetoric devices to support his argument for Caesar. Antony takes advantage of the holes that Brutus left in the arguments behind Caesar’s death, and his rhetoric makes it so that everyone knows each and every reason that Brutus was wrong and why they should revere

His manner in the way he manipulated the crowd was much cunning than Brutus’s speech. The way he is able to read the crowd and state information that will connect with the audiences emotions. His speech is also much longer than Brutus’, and more effective. Initially, Antony says, “I have to come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III.ii.33) which is not true; he basically came to fault the conspirators and tell the crowd to do something about it. Antony also says that he came not to counteract any of Brutus’s words…. but thats exactly what he does. Antony uses reason in his speech when saying that Brutus is ambitious: “I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition” (III.ii.105-106). This ultimately shows Antony’s use of words in his speech are full of irony, acting like he is supporting Brutus by saying, “Brutus is an honorable man” (III.ii.108) which is actually not what he means. His speech is filled with notions and suggestions that is meant to undermine the audiences belief in Brutus. By the time Antony mentions the fourth “honorable man”- the audiences catches on and Brutus and the conspirators are traitors in their eyes. Antony’s use of sarcasm allows for the crowd to fill in the blank of what Antony’s trying to say without breaking the agreement with the conspirators. Antony’s able to manipulate the crowd in such a way that he is able to tell

First, he carries out Caesar’s body triggering an emotional response in the crowd. Then he goes on to state to the crowd that “when the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious…” (Shakespear 56). This causes another emotional response from the crowd to Caesar, making them sympathize with him and feeling loved by their deceased leader. It also is logo for he explains that Brutus did say Caesar was ambitious even though he cried for the poor. To furthermore disprove Brutus’s claim that Caesar was ambition he declares, “I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?” (56). Here he uses rhetorical questioning, directed toward the crowd, to show the obvious answer as well disprove Brutus’s claim. Antony goes on to repeat “yet Brutus says he was ambitious” (Shakespear 56) and “and Brutus is an honorable man” (Shakespear 56) throughout his speech, using repetition to mock as well as retaliate against him.

To make a strong argument, Antony must first make himself credible to the audience. The first time he does this in the text is in line one when he refers to the people of rome as his friends and countrymen. When he does this, he asks the people of rome to see him as a peer and trust what he says. He builds credibility again in the next line when he tells the audience that he has come to bury caesar, not praise him. After Brutus’ speech, the audience does not like caesar. In order to be able to make an argument, Antony must at first seem to agree with Brutus in order to build credibility with the audience. He does this more when he repeatedly says that Brutus is an honorable man. Antony builds his credibility yet again later in the speech when, in line 192, he refers to the conspirators as wise and honorable, saying that they must have reasons for committing such crimes, and telling the people not to

He wishes to change Caesar’s will so the Romans will receive less than what they were promised in his funeral speech and he also doesn’t want to rule with Lepidus. Antony is manipulative. He persuades the crowd to change their opinions on Brutus in act 3 scene 2 by saying, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and sure he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, but here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause.What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? O judgement, thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason! Bear with me; my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me.” Antony clearly states that he is not trying to disprove what Brutus said but he does in the act of his speech manipulate the minds of the Romans by asking for sympathy which he

In truth, Antony only wants to gain the conspirator’s trust to be able to defeat them through the citizens of Rome. We can easily see how Brutus was manipulated in this part of the story by the conspirators and Mark Antony. Brutus has great sense of honour and he thinks that others think the same way. It is this weakness in Brutus that makes him so easy to be manipulated.

Throughout Cicero’s writing “On Friendship” he stresses the ideals and attributes that go along with having a respectable and a long-lasting friendship. Cicero was a large advocate that friendship was a virtuous and delicate attribute. He wrote through Laelius’ friendship with Scipio to discuss the different ideals and aspects of a why friendship should be treated carefully. Cicero holds friendship to such a significantly high standard, thus why he would agree with the quote by E.M Forster “If I had to choose between betraying my friend and betraying my country, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” Cicero would have agreed with this because he writes through Laelius and says we should do more for our friends then for ourselves, one should not be friends with tyrants and politics should not be involved with friendships. Cicero evidently holds friendship to a high esteem and believes it should take priority.

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

Human nature is what makes people want to have friendships. This is one of the main things that Cicero continuously touched on in his book. “…Friendship arises from nature as such, rather than from some neediness: from application of the mind, along with a kind of love, rather than from thinking about how much advantage the relationship might bring (Cicero, 11).”Cicero would be very disappointed in how many relationships are built for the need of a person instead of letting nature take control of the friendship. There are a lot of corrupt and wrong friendships in today’s society that Cicero would look down on. The fact that one person uses another person for their own will is not the kind of relationship that Cicero was wanting people to build. He brings up the nature of human beings a lot in this text because people take advantage of other people and he knew that. “… Friendship is not something we are led to by the expectation of making a profit; we think it worth seeking because the whole enjoyment of it consists in the love itself (Cicero, 12).” The love and nature of friendship go hand in hand when

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

     In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare shows how friends often betray each other. Julius Caesar is about to be crowned king of Rome, when some well-known Romans decide that it is not a good idea for this to happen. They form a conspiracy and kill Caesar. Brutus, an honorable Roman and a very good friend of Caesar’s, betrays Caesar by killing him for the good of Rome. Antony, Caesar’s best friend and another honorable Roman, betrays Brutus by turning against the conspirators. Cassius, a respected Roman, and Brutus betray each other by arguing and destroying their friendship. All this betraying lead to many deaths in the play.