Antony And Brutus Persuasion Essay

After the murder of Caesar both Brutus and Antony gave speeches to the public. These speeches were used to convince the crowd of the justness of Caesar’s murder.The two men both used different methods of persuasion to convince the people what they thought was the truth. Antony had a more effective speech than Brutus did because he had physical evidence, stronger emotions, and better methods of persuasion which he used to turn the crowd against Brutus.
When Brutus got up in front of the people he told them that he loved Caesar, but he loved Rome more and explained to the crowd that Caesar was ambitious and need to die. Once it was his turn Antony had a different take on the ambitious ways of Julius Caesar, but he needed to be careful how he showed how wrong Brutus was. The people believed that what Brutus said was true, so Antony couldn’t shout at them that Brutus was wrong. Instead, he praised Brutus and said almost ten times how honorable he was, and then he spoke of how noble the senators were. He turned a flatterable comment into mocking insult as he turned the
He didn’t just stand in front of the people and speak (For he is no orator, but a plain blunt man) as Brutus did. Antony walked down and stood among the people he spoke to. While there he bid the people gather around the body of Caesar, laying on the ground, and showed them where he was stabbed by those he called his friends. The presence of Caesar’s body was a strong asset to his cause, and it added strength to everything he said about Caesar by giving it a face. He also brought forth the Will of Caesar, and read the contents to the people. The knowledge of Caesar’s generosity and the way he alluded to the will and claimed he should not read it(119,121,125) built suspense, and after the will was read some guilt. Guilt that they had been so easily persuaded that Caesar was a dangerously ambitious man especially after he left everything to the people of