Mark Antony Speech In Julius Caesar
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the reader has the opportunity to experience the intense speeches after the death of Julius Caesar. The first speech at the funeral of Julius Caesar is given by a conspirator, Brutus, followed by the speech of Caesar’s right-hand man, Mark Antony. Mark Antony connects to the audience through emotion, while Brutus appeals to the logic of the audience. Similarly to Mark Antony and Brutus, former President Barack Obama gave a speech following the mass shooting that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary. All of these powerful leaders attempted to reassure the audience after a tragedy by appealing to their emotion and providing logical reasoning to justify their claim. Throughout the
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Unlike Antony, Brutus tries to defend himself for the assassination of Caesar for “Rome’s sake”. Antony tries to defend Caesar and save his reputation from Brutus's statement, “ambitious”, by using logos and pathos towards the public and the people of Rome. Antony started off with Brutus’s description towards Caesar and the type of relationship he had with Caeser. He starts off using logic, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill...” (Shakespeare 82). Antony also points out how he offered the crown to Caesar three times but denied it those three times. He uses this examples to let the people of Rome see what Caesar did in his power. He also questions the public if this makes Caesar look ambitious, which questioned and changed the public’s point of view on Caesar. He also questioned and changed the public’s point of view on Caesar when he creates sarcasm by saying that Brutus is an honorable man. He later uses pathos, “When that poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (Shakespeare 20). He shows how Caesar cared for the people of Rome and how an “ambitious” person would not do that. Antony contradicts Brutus’s statement with logos and pathos using examples Caesar did good to Rome and questions the public if an ambitious person would do
Unlike Antony, Brutus tries to defend himself for the assassination of Caesar for “Rome’s sake”. Antony tries to defend Caesar and save his reputation from Brutus's statement, “ambitious”, by using logos and pathos towards the public and the people of Rome. Antony started off with Brutus’s description towards Caesar and the type of relationship he had with Caeser. He starts off using logic, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill...” (Shakespeare 82). Antony also points out how he offered the crown to Caesar three times but denied it those three times. He uses this examples to let the people of Rome see what Caesar did in his power. He also questions the public if this makes Caesar look ambitious, which questioned and changed the public’s point of view on Caesar. He also questioned and changed the public’s point of view on Caesar when he creates sarcasm by saying that Brutus is an honorable man. He later uses pathos, “When that poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (Shakespeare 20). He shows how Caesar cared for the people of Rome and how an “ambitious” person would not do that. Antony contradicts Brutus’s statement with logos and pathos using examples Caesar did good to Rome and questions the public if an ambitious person would do