William Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar

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.

Brutus uses a proud tone conveyed by many literary devices to convince the audience that Caesar's murder was justified. Brutus asks, "Would you rather, Caesar were living, and you all die slaves, than that Caesar were dead, so you all live freeman" (Shakespeare 3.2.20-22). Brutus tries to persuade the audience that Caesar's murder was justified through the use of a rhetorical question and a hyperbole. He tells the audience if Caesar was not killed, Caesar could have become a dictator, and the people would have been oppressed. This persuasive question gives the Roman citizens time to contemplate what Brutus is saying, and prompts them to visualize the

So, to summarize the first paragraph, Brutus' speech showed his motivations rooted in his love for Rome and his belief that Caesar's desire was a danger to the republic. Through his words, he expresses both sorrow for Caesar's death and admiration for his positive

First, both Brutus and Antony use persuasion by manipulating syntax to make the audience relate to and accept certain personas so that they would see the death of Caesar from each speaker’s point of view. When Brutus addresses the Roman crowd to explain why he and the other conspirators killed Julius Caesar, he states, “Romans, countrymen, and lovers!” (line 24). He uses parallel structure to emphasize the persona that he wants the people to take on. He puts “Romans” first in his list because Rome is the most important thing to him, and he wants the people to

Brutus describes how he is willing to die for the greater good of Rome, which he uses to conclude his speech, which wins the people's hearts over.

Brutus' speech show that his loyalty is given first to Rome then to his close friends. He is justifying the death of Julius Caesar.

Brutus, a conflicted senator obsessed with his civic duty, convinces the people of Rome that his motives in killing Caesar were just and noble by rhetoric. Brutus is the only conspirator to have impersonal motives in killing Caesar. In fact, his motives are trying to find the best solution for Rome, and in the end, he must make the hard choice of killing his best friend for his homeland. As early as Brutus’ conversation with Cassius in Act I, Brutus exhibits this deep love and respect for Rome and how this love is conflicting with his love for his friend, Caesar: “[P]oor Brutus, with himself at war, / Forgets the shows of love to other men” (I.ii.51-52). Brutus brings up this internal conflict again when he tells the crowds that although he did love Caesar, he loved Rome and its people more. After Brutus’ murder of Caesar, he realizes that the issue of the public opinion of Rome is of the utmost importance. Because of this love for Rome, Brutus uses rhetoric to persuade these plebeians to approve of him and his cause. When Cassius warns Brutus about “how much the people will be moved / By that which [Marc Antony] will utter[!]” (III.i.252-253), Brutus tells Cassius that letting Marc Antony speak “shall advantage us more than do us wrong” (III.i.261). In these cases, Brutus demonstrates his awareness of

Antony's small speech depicts Brutus as a noble being and the ideal image of a man. Stating that nature would `stand and say to all the world', that Brutus was a man illustrates Brutus as being the idyllic man to become. Brutus is the only conspirator to maintain an honorable reason to assassinate Julius Caesar. Antony believes this, and states how only Brutus `in general honest thought and common good to all made one of them', implying that Brutus is the only one who possessed moral reasons for assassinating Caesar. Both Antony and Octavius, who were two of Brutus' most critical adversaries, state how Brutus is a dignified Roman.

Brutus starts his speech standing away from the people and at a higher level, maybe giving off a vibe that he is more important than the Romans, or even afraid. Greeting the crowd in a very formal way, Brutus called them Romanś and countrymen (Act Ⅲ Scene 2 lines 12,13). The rest of his speech follows in the formal way as he uses very little emotion and tries to manipulate the crowd by giving them options and questioning them. Brutus

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.

The ethos of Brutus' speech, or his credibility, is that he is smart, honorable, and a friend of Caesar's. He even stated this almost directly while speaking at the funeral. His words were, "Hear me for my cause...Believe me for mine honor, and have respect for mine honor that you may believe"(III:ii:13-15). Antony supports Brutus' statement, talking highly of Brutus , "The noble Brutus" and "Brutus is an honorable man"(III:ii:75,80). The game changer in this scene is the fact he used the "honorable man" to turn Rome against Brutus, or at least it surely sounds like it.

     Similarly, Brutus And Mark Antony, who were very close to Caesar, both gave speeches at the funeral following Caesar's assassination. The speeches were given in Act 3, Scene II of the play. During the entirety of the speeches, both Brutus and Mark Antony shared their feelings towards Caesar with the audience, telling how they had much love for him. They both used appeals to win over the audience in order to have them on each of their sides. For example, Mark Antony greeted the people with respect to gain their trust and their ears, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears...". Brutus had a goal to persuade the people that Caesar's assassination was for

Once Brutus and Cassius kill Caesar, another leader named Mark Antony speaks to the public about the murder. The good Brutus lets him speak, provided that he frame Caesar as a dangerous tyrant. Antony disobeys and enrages the public with his speech, arguing that Caesar was unjustly killed by this band of jealous, greedy politicians

Before focusing on the actual speech, it is important to note how Brutus addresses the plebeians as he addresses them from the pulpit during the entire speech. The pulpit is a platform which elevates Brutus from the plebeians, placing him in a position of authority. This can be seen when the Third Citizen exclaims “The noble Brutus is ascended: silence!” (III, II, 1544). He remains in the pulpit during the entire speech and only descends from it when he departs. Thus Brutus remains detached from the commoners of Rome

Brutus’s speech was formal and was very direct to the Romans. In his introduction, he starts with, “Romans, countrymen, and lovers!” Act III, scene ii, lines 12-13. He used these words to join everyone together and later help justify Caesar’s death. Throughout his speech he describes Caesar as an “ambitious” man Act III, scene ii, line 27.