Shakespeare. Brutus and Antony both spoke to the crowd after Juluis Caesar was assassinated Both speakers used three rhetorical devices: ethos‚ which is an appeal to credibility: pathos‚ which is an appeal to the emotions and logos‚ which is an appeal to logic. In the play. Anthony delivers astronger and more persuasive funeral oration due to his effective use of ethos‚ pathos and logos. Both speakers used an ethical appeal to the crowd and established their credibility first Brutus begins by saying
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against what they are told to do and instead to what they want to do. In the play Julius Caesar the power of persuasion and manipulation of language is clear when two men‚ Brutus and Mark Antony‚ spiel to the people of their country‚ each attempting to gain the support of the populace over the death of Caesar. Even though Brutus establishes ethos throughout his speech‚ Mark Antony’s uses it to his advantage
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Mod C Do’s and Don’t Do’s (from previous years’ feedback) 2007 (Internals) Better responses to Module C questions demonstrated a thorough understanding of the relationship between representation and meaning. Representation refers to the way ideas are portrayed through texts and implies someone’s perspective or their point of view. The better responses demonstrated a sophisticated‚ conceptual understanding of the module‚ the elective and the question. Students who achieved a high range result were
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William Shakespeare’s play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Antony uses these elements to nullify the effect of Brutus’ convincing explanation of Caesar’s murder and to change the minds of the plebeians. Antony’s speech had an immense impact on the minds and opinions of the plebeians for he was able to turn the crowd against Brutus. Antony uses ethos to show how well he knows Caesar and how Brutus should not be trusted. At the beginning of his speech‚ Antony gives his credentials by saying how Caesar
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Emma Miller Mr. Johnson Honors World Lit. (2nd period) 11/11/13 Burton Raffel‚ an influential critic‚ writes “Julius Caesar is a relentlessly honest‚ profoundly moral portrait of the life of power‚ in which Shakespeare’s characters freely deceive both each other and themselves”. This statement is partially true‚ giving a person an abundant amount of power can corrupt their intentions. However‚ the exploitation of Caesar’s power was an exaggerated and dramatized version of the truth. Not every
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what happens in Julius Caesar. Brutus kills his closest friend‚ Julius Caesar‚ and then he gives his justification for doing so in his speech at Julius Caesar’s own funeral. Although his speech was flawed‚ the crowd of people he spoke to were easily swayed‚ and they accepted Brutus’ justification. Unfortunately for Brutus‚ he allowed Mark Antony‚ another one of Caesar’s close friends to speak after him. His speech completely reversed the crowd’s opinion. Comparing Brutus and Antony’s funeral speeches
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According to Brutus‚ he had participated in the assassination of Caesar because it was for the good of rome. In act 3‚ scene 2 it says “Not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more.” Towards the end of the play Brutus killed himself with his own sword and even Anthony‚ his enemy‚ said “This was the noblest Roman of them all.” During Anthony’s speech‚ every time Antony spoke of Brutus‚ he would follow up by saying that Brutus was indeed an honorable man. Brutus is honorable in all situations
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conspirators at the senate. The fall of their King was a tragic event. Also Brutus committing suicide who was also one of the noblest man of Rome. A tragedy is a powerful impact in a story. Which in ties in with a tragic hero who is the main protagonist {character} in the story but they will most likely will not achieve their ends they will most likely die in trying. Brutus in my opinion is a tragic hero in the story of Julius Caesar. Brutus is a character that we learn about who he really is. We learn what
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speak to the public about Caesar’s death. Brutus grants Antony’s request‚ but on the requirement that Brutus gives a speech first. Brutus uses Ethos to make the Romans believe he’s one of them‚ Logos to give reason for killing Caesar‚ and Pathos to show he did love Caesar. Meanwhile Antony uses Ethos the same as Brutus‚ to convince the people he’s one of them‚ Logos to show Caesar wasn’t ambitious‚ and Pathos to portray his true liking for Caesar. Brutus and Antony both use Ethos to give credibility
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funeral‚ Brutus and Mark Antony. Brutus‚ who killed Caesar tries to excuse himself and the conspirators for murdering Caesar. Antony desires to rile up the common people to revolt against Brutus and his accomplices. While both speeches seem to be compelling‚ Mark Antony’s speech worked the best at persuading the audience through his use of rhetorical devices such as logical reasoning and repetition. In Mark Antony’s speech he tries to rally the people of rome into rebelling against Brutus and the
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