Brutus Speech Analysis
The overlook of Brutus’s and Antony’s speeches are not similar at all in my eyes. Brutus’s speech was trying to show the citizen’s that there was no harm in killing Julius Caesar, which there was. Brutus partially manipulates the citizens by saying how much he really loved Caesar, but loved the city of Rome even more. The citizens were moved by his speech because of how protected they felt by his words. Brutus talks good of Caesar, saying how there are tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honor for his bravery, but then death for his ambition. He shows the crowd how it was for the better of them. On the other hand, Antony’s speech fired up the citizens more than they were passionate about Brutus’s speech. Antony had more of an emotion in
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For instance, Brutus said to the crowd, “Would you rather that Caesar were living and we would all go to our graves as slaves, or that Caesar were dead and we all lived as free men?”(Act 3,Scene 2, Lines 22-24) Obviously no one in the crowd wanted to be a slave, but a free man. Brutus also said in his speech, “Who here is so low that he wants to be a slave?”(Act 3,Scene 3,Line 28) There is not one person in the crowd who is willing to admit that. The last rhetorical question Brutus said was, “Who here is so barbarous that he doesn't want to be a Roman?”(Act 3,Scene 3, Line 30) The strategy that Brutus used was appealing to celebrity/authority. Brutus was very high up at the time in Rome, so the people went along with his words because he was higher than them. Antony on the other hand did a very good job on getting the crowd's emotions going by also secretly talking down Brutus. One of Antony’s rhetorical questions was, “Is this the work of an ambitious man?”(Act 3,Scene 3,Line 89) Explaining to the crowd that Brutus is no better than Caesar was. Antony also said, “You all loved Brutus once, and not without reason. Then what reason holds you back from mourning him now?”(Act 3,Scene 3,Line 97-98) Antony talked bad about Brutus but extremely low
For instance, Brutus said to the crowd, “Would you rather that Caesar were living and we would all go to our graves as slaves, or that Caesar were dead and we all lived as free men?”(Act 3,Scene 2, Lines 22-24) Obviously no one in the crowd wanted to be a slave, but a free man. Brutus also said in his speech, “Who here is so low that he wants to be a slave?”(Act 3,Scene 3,Line 28) There is not one person in the crowd who is willing to admit that. The last rhetorical question Brutus said was, “Who here is so barbarous that he doesn't want to be a Roman?”(Act 3,Scene 3, Line 30) The strategy that Brutus used was appealing to celebrity/authority. Brutus was very high up at the time in Rome, so the people went along with his words because he was higher than them. Antony on the other hand did a very good job on getting the crowd's emotions going by also secretly talking down Brutus. One of Antony’s rhetorical questions was, “Is this the work of an ambitious man?”(Act 3,Scene 3,Line 89) Explaining to the crowd that Brutus is no better than Caesar was. Antony also said, “You all loved Brutus once, and not without reason. Then what reason holds you back from mourning him now?”(Act 3,Scene 3,Line 97-98) Antony talked bad about Brutus but extremely low