demonstrated in the play Julius Caesar, Antony was very effective at using the rhetorical triangle put forth by Aristotle. Using the triangle elements of Ethos, Pathos and Logos, Anthony was able to persuade the crowd gathered for Caesar's funeral not to follow Brutus. The best leadership qualities that Antony used during his speech to the crowd were his capability to persuade an audience, to restore peace, and his skill to subdue the opposing side. The play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare tells
grow mischievous, And kill in the shell,” (Brutus, Julius Caesar, Act 2, Scene 1 and Act 1, Scene 12-15). Brutus’s cowardly actions and impulsive decision to act saved Rome from a future tyrant who would rule Rome for future years to come. On March 15th, 44 B.C., fearsome Roman politician and dictator, Julius Caesar, breathed his last breath in the monumental city of Rome, Italy. Surround by Roman senators, Caesar presented a self-focused speech. Behind his assassination stood one powerful man;
After the assassination of Julius Caesar, the debate between Brutus and Antony of whether the homicide of Julius Caesar was right or wrong begins among the Roman citizens. Brutus, one of the accomplices in the murder of Caesar, is trying to convince the people of Rome that killing him was for the best, while Antony, an ally of Caesar, is fighting to prove that the slaughter of Caesar was a corrupted act. They are both honorable men who have much respect from the citizens and well-being of Rome. They
The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar: Two Speeches; One Ending William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar is an electrifying and compelling play, which expresses Julius Caesar’s horrid assassination in a phenomenal, vivid manner. Alongside rendering the events that lead to Caesar’s merciless and bloody assassination, Shakespeare extended the play to the rivalry between Mark Antony and Octavius vs. Brutus and Cassius. This pathetic rivalry induces the deaths of both Brutus and Cassius. Brutus’s
In the play Julius Caesar, written by Shakespeare, Brutus is considered the one conspirator to die heroically. Brutus was the only conspirator to kill Caesar because he thought it was best for Rome. Since he died at the end of the story, one can argue that he was a tragic hero because of his death at the end of the book and because of his caring personality to do what was best for everyone. Brutus can be considered a tragic hero due to his fall from grace, the author’s use of diction to express
In the beginning of Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar the new ruler of Rome, is loved by many of the Roman people for Caesar’s courageous acts and positive contributions to the community. Even though many of the Romans support and love Caesar, there is a distinct group of people that hate and dread Caesar. The evil men plan to kill Caesar and take over power, and they do so by manipulation. These evil men are not known for being evil or terrible, a few of the men were actually manipulated to join the
human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together (Atwood).” Many people see a problem and choose to say something, thus not being silent and powerless, but making a difference. One of those people was Mark Antony in the funeral oration of Julius Caesar in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Martin Luther King Jr. did the same thing with his “I Have a Dream Speech”. They employed rhetorical structure to persuade the crowd, each with
Shakespeare’s famous play Julius Caesar utilizes the literary element of rhetoric multiple times throughout to show the true power that words can hold. The rhetoric in Caesar accompanies the play’s themes of betrayal, deception, and exaggeration. Brutus uses rhetoric to persuade the crowd of plebeians that the murdering of Caesar was positive and beneficial to all of Rome, winning their support and causing them to join his cause. Soon after, Mark Antony gives a terrifically-persuasive speech that he claims
In Julius Caesar through the speech of Brutus; he gives the message of rationality to that man. Both embodied in their work certain core issues of that time, like the issue of class struggle and nature versus civilization, the human emotions and feudal system of politics, struggle between individual judgment and established authority, emotional blindness and intellectual understanding. The subject and issues of these plays are so wide and profound that many people are engage in its analysis. Through
Julius Caesar Topic: Write an expository essay on the role of persuasion in the play. Julius Caesar is a tragic drama written by William Shakespeare in 1599. This tragedy takes place in ancient Rome around 44 B.C when Rome was a great empire. Julius Caesar was a very important figure at this time as he was a very successful general who helped spread the Roman Empire and after his defeat of his political rival Pompey, he took on the role of becoming a dictator of Rome. But many citizens “feared