the best examples of this. In the first act alone‚ Cassius uses his abilities to appeal to Brutus’ sense of honor‚ twist Brutus’ image of Caesar‚ and put words into Brutus’ mouth that lead to a dastardly plot against a near king. Cassius is able to assess his audience and use that to his advantage. In this case‚ his audience is Brutus‚ a thoughtful if slightly oblivious patrician and friend of Caesar’s. Brutus has a strong love for Rome‚
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his goals. Following the assassination of Caesar‚ Antony quickly grasps that he must deal with Brutus‚ and he has the shrewdness to take advantage of Brutus’s gullibility. Antony has his servant say‚ "Brutus is noble‚ wise‚ valiant‚ and honest" (III i 126). From this point‚ it is clear that Antony intends to flatter Brutus and to work upon those personal qualities of Brutus which represent his fundamental weaknesses. Antony then comes to the Capitol where he further flatters
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the body to the town forum and give a funeral speech in honor and remembrance of Caesar’s life.Brutus agrees to the requests so Antony addresses the crowd by saying‚ If I were disposed to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage‚ I should do Brutus wrong‚ and Cassius wrong‚ Who‚ you all know‚ are honorable men. I will not do them wrong. I would rather choose To wrong the dead‚ to wrong myself and you‚ Than I will wrong such honorable men. (3.2 133-139) He uses honorable
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Antony then talks about the conspirators actions. ‘This was the most unkindest cut of all‚’ he says. He says this‚ because Brutus and Caesar were such good friends‚ it was the most unkindest cut because Brutus betrayed Caesar. There is a triple emphasis used here from the words ‘most’‚ ‘unkindest’‚ and ‘all’. By using these words‚ Antony shows a great deal of how much Brutus deceived Caesar. When Antony first talks to the crowd‚ it is obvious how much he is
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The Corruptor The paralyzing powers of speech often engulfs the human mind and corrupts it to the will of the speaker. Omnipresent in society‚ rhetorical appeals‚ the appealing powers of speech‚ are made to project the speaker’s thoughts and ideas of a subject matter. From ordinary conversations to commercial advertisements to public addresses‚ appeals are present to influence an audience’s mindset. The appeal of Logos creates compelling evidence for the audience to develop conclusions in the speaker’s
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“Shake off their sterile curse‚” showing a private frailty. Brutus emotively declares‚ “I love him well”‚ however his compassion is juxtaposed with the malicious metaphor “to put a sting in him” suggesting a wickedness in him. Both men however‚ are shown to have an overinflated sense of duty especially evidenced through the intra-conflict Brutus faces as “he is with himself at war” with the idea of murdering his long serving ally. Brutus reveals that individual’s perspectives of situations are manipulated
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"Julius Caesar" bring great depth and complexity to the plan of the book. The first Friendship I will focus on is Brutus and Cassius. Brutus and Cassius both are good friends. One of the first things Cassius asks Brutus is “Why have you been so distant lately?” Because of this we can assume that Brutus and Cassius were extremely close friends before. You could also say that Brutus
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One person Big difference How can one person make a difference? In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar‚ Brutus helps the conspirators kill Caesar because they were scared that he would want to become dictator of everything and become powerful. His assassination caused a big civil war and that led to a lot of deaths. Another example is Antigone in Sophocles’ Antigone; her two older brothers fought over power‚ but ended up dying; only one brother was buried‚ though. Antigone’s stand against such injustice
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The cause and effects to Brutus’s death In the story The tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare the character Brutus has done many things to make his death come closer than he knows. Not knowing what his effects do he doesn’t see the cause of it happening. The First Cause that leads to his end is the fact that he decided to join a group of conspirators believing that the note he has found was from one of the towns people asking for him to help get rid of Caesar. As he meets the
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Julius Caesar ‚ both Brutus and Mark Anthony gave important speeches after the death of Caesar. Both speeches had the same goal. There are also many differences in the speeches. They both influenced the conclusion of the play. There are important differences between Brutus’s speech and Anthony’s speech. First‚ Brutus speaks in a more rational way. Mark Anthony speaks in a more dramatic way to appeal to the crowd. While Brutus spoke first‚ Anthony had the last word. Brutus spoke in a serious tone
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