Turning Point In Julius Caesar

Often in plays, the turning point is significant. The turning point usually occurs after the climax and begins the denouement. In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, the funeral orations delivered by Marc Antony and Brutus is the turning point. Marc Antony delivers the more effective funeral oration because he plays with the commoners’ emotions and uses repetition to illustrate sarcasm which wins the crowd over. Funeral orations commonly focus on emotions. Marc Antony’s funeral oration was very effective because he played with the plebeians’ emotions. He states, “And, being men, bearing the will of Caesar,/ It will inflame you, it will make you mad./ ‘Tis good you know not that you are his heirs.” (ⅠⅠⅠ.ⅱ.142-144) Antony