In Mark Antony’s speech, he uses rhetorical devices to move the crowd. Mark Antony has to convince the audience that the conspirators are evil without talking ill about them. He had big shoes to fill, considering that Brutus had already gained the crowds support and turned them against Caesar. Antony changed the perspective of the crowd by making them feel his emotions and questioning the conspirators. In order to persuade the crowd to believe that Caesar did not deserve to be murdered and that the conspirators should be the ones punished, Antony used rhetorical questions and pathos to garner the crowds support. While Brutus's speech is written in prose, Antony's in written in free verse, adding a lyrical
In Mark Antony’s speech, he uses rhetorical devices to move the crowd. Mark Antony has to convince the audience that the conspirators are evil without talking ill about them. He had big shoes to fill, considering that Brutus had already gained the crowds support and turned them against Caesar. Antony changed the perspective of the crowd by making them feel his emotions and questioning the conspirators. In order to persuade the crowd to believe that Caesar did not deserve to be murdered and that the conspirators should be the ones punished, Antony used rhetorical questions and pathos to garner the crowds support. While Brutus's speech is written in prose, Antony's in written in free verse, adding a lyrical