Julius Caesar Speeches

In Brutus’s speech he talked about how he loved Rome more than Caesar. Brutus was very gullible, stoic, and also easily persuaded. Throughout his speech he uses fallacies. One example of a fallacy he uses is the either/or. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men“ (III, i, 22-24). This makes the Roman people believe that either they going to be slaves or free men. One other thing Brutus uses are logos and ethos. He says, “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him” (III, i, 24-27). In that quote he tries to

    The play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare in 1599, is about the murder of Julius Caesar, a great Roman general who conjured many lands, and helped to form the Great Empire that we read about today. Caesar was to be crowned king of Rome, but he was savagely murdered by a group of conspirators before he received the crown. After Caesar's brutal murder, Brutus a very honourable Roman, who helped in in Caesar's death, and Mark Antony, one of Caesar's closest friends, gave speeches at Caesar's funeral, trying to convince the crowd to agree with them and turn against the other. Brutus and Antony both made convincing speeches, but Antony came out on top, because Antony let the people make up their own mind, by appealing to their emotions.

To start his speech, Antony opens with some kind words about Caesar. Antony uses ethos by speaking kindly of Caesar and saying, “He was my friend, he was faithful and just to me” (line 81). Antony appears to be a honest and humble man mourning for his friend. By saying “Brutus is an honorable man” (line 83), Antony places himself on the crowd’s side because up to this point the crowd is in favor of Brutus. Antony has made himself seem more trustworthy which also utilizes ethos. He then continues to speak of Caesar’s great deeds that do not support Brutus’s claim of Caesar’s ambition. For example, Antony tells of Caesar saying, “He brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city” (line 83). This is all Brutus wants Antony to say but Antony continues and asks the crowd, “Is this the work of an ambitious man” (line 89)? Antony is using logos to influence the Roman people because he provides a counterexample to the claims of Caesar’s ambition. Furthermore, Antony places doubt in Brutus by saying, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man” (lines 91-92). This use of logos allows Antony to prove Brutus wrong, even if he does not say it out loud.

Brutus's speech was ineffective in giving them reasons for Caesar's ambition. This gave Antony a large gap to turn the people against Brutus. Brutus told the people to believe him for his honor , and to respect him for his honor, so that they may believe. He is telling them to believe him for his honor and not for the reasons he gives. Brutus repeated many times that Caesar was ambitious but never once said how or why. This left the people with a question in their mind.

In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, an honorable man, Brutus, is planning to overthrow the soon to be king, Julius Caesar. Brutus is persuaded by Cassius that Caesar is a liar, too ambitious, weak, and not fit to be Rome’s king. Brutus soon believed Cassius, and they and the conspirators made a plan to kill Caesar. After Caesar’s death, Brutus planned to justify his actions of killing Caesar at his funeral in his speech to the people. After Brutus’s speech, the citizens of Rome were all in agreement that Brutus did the right thing for Rome. Brutus then decides to allow Caesar’s best friend, Antony, to speak in honor of Caesar. Antony speaks, and he convinces the citizens that Brutus’s actions were unjust and turned the people against Brutus.

Antony and Caesar were good friends, and when Antony learned of Caesar’s murder, he began plotting to dethrone the conspirators who had planned his death. He sent a citizen to the palace where the traitors were and told him to relay a message; “If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony may safely come to him and be resolved how Caesar hath deserved to lie in death, Mark Antony shall not love Caesar dead so well as Brutus living, but will follow the fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus through the hazards of this untrod state with all true faith.” What Antony is saying to Brutus is that if

Brutus starts out using pathos and his own trust with the people in his speech. As he talks about Caesar being too “ambitious” (Shakespear 54), he uses pathos to sympathize with him saying that he “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (Shakespear 54). To the crowd, this line is supposed to

Brutus misjudges and underestimates Antony’s abilities and his audience. When giving his speech, Brutus makes the subject on honor and abstract ideas using logos and ethos but no pathos. The mistake that Brutus makes is that he does not appeal to the crowd’s strong feelings over the death of Julius Caesar. Meanwhile, Antony easily overmatches Brutus because he does not overestimate his audience. Understanding the people, Antony begins in his eulogy appealing to the citizen’s feelings. Because of the lack of emotion in Brutus’s speech, Antony’s highly emotional and extemporaneous speech captures the minds and hearts of the crowd through use of pathos and causes them to become an angry mob that sought to scorn those that took part in the murder of

In Brutus’ speech he uses many kinds of rhetorical strategies to convince the audience of Rome he did it for them. One of the types of rhetorical strategies he uses is ethos. Brutus states that if Caesar was still alive, they would have lost their freedom. Brutus states, “believe me for mine honor, have respect for my honor, that you may believe” then after he admits that he was one of the killers and the did it for Rome and the citizens. He also talks about how Caesar was becoming a king like figure and how he killed Caesar for Rome and if his death is needed he to is willing to die for Rome.Another strategie Brutus uses is pathos to touch the angry emotion of the citizen by stating, ¨Mark Antony,who thought he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefits”and “a place in the commonwealth; as which you shall not.”

Antony was the more persuasive using ethos. As he was talking to the crowd about his beloved Caesar, instead of trashing Brutus and the senators involved, he praised them. For example, in (III,II,LXXX) Antony says "For Brutus is an honorable man." This tactic made the crowd believe him more because he was saying how he loved and honored both of them. Brutus was opposite and only worried about what the citizens thought of him. In (III,II,XIV) Brutus says, "Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses

Brutus was the first to give his speech and express why he killed Caesar. So Brutus told the crowd that he killed Caesar because it was best for Rome and the people of Rome. He used an example of pathos when he explained that he loves Caesar and was a good friend and showing his emotions to make the crowd feel bad. Brutus expresses logos by stating what Caesar, which was turning the citizens of Rome into slaves. He asked the crowd how they would feel to be slaves, and they very well disagreed with the idea of them becoming slaves. He uses ethos by saying that he was Caesar’s friend and loved him and killed him for the better of Rome. Brutus also asks the crowd a rhetorical question, “ Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” He also states an example of repetition, “ If any speak; for him Have I offended, Who is here so rude that would

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

Unable to see that Antony has plans to criticize him, Brutus uses ethos to show that the act of killing Caesar is honorable. He even starts his speech off by saying, “believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe”(3.2.15-17). Being a well respected man, Brutus rests on his laurels. He shows that he loves Caesar and kills him with a heavy heart. While not impressive, his ethos does build credibility for his actions, and this can be seen with the plebeians not bursting out into a riot. However, Brutus’s mistake of letting Antony speak is seen in full force. Antony begins by calling Brutus “a honorable man”(3.2.91). He repeatedly uses this line throughout his speech but in a increasingly sarcastic manner. Antony sprinkles in the good deeds of Caesar before using the line. He makes Brutus seem like a liar and a dishonorable man. As Caesar’s ethos grows among the plebeians, Brutus becomes more and more hated by the plebeians. Antony next brings up Caesar’s will. He shows that Caesar cares for his people even in death. He uses this time to sarcastically say once again that the men are honorable for killing such a great man. At this point, the crowd is in a fervor. Brutus has lost all credibility, and Antony has succeeded in making Caesar a god in the minds of the people. Brutus’s mistake is plain to see

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar many people known as about Julius. If readers and audiences have noticed during play, it becomes mostly about Brutus. The play goes back to 44 B.C. in Ancient Rome written by Shakespeare. During the play, people, Caesar enemies, were scared that Caesar would become emperor. Brutus kills him but Roman people don’t know until Anthony tells his speech. Brutus and Marc had two great argument speech during play. The speech contained three argumentative skills called ethos, pathos, and logos. Marc Anthony speech was most effective speech than Brutus because Anthony focused on logos and ethos rather than pathos.

The tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare was written in 1599. The premise of Julius Caesar is about two men, Brutus and Cassius, who plan a plot to overthrow Caesar, the emperor of Rome, because they thought he would become a tyrant. After Caesar is assassinated, Mark Antony, Julius Caesar’s friend, shrewdly turns the Roman citizens against the conspirators in one of the most memorable speeches in literature. In the civil war that follows, the powers of Mark Antony and Octavius Caesar, Julius Caesar’s adopted son, eventually win over the armies of Cassius and Brutus. Crushed and despondent, both conspirators decide to end their lives.