Compare and contrast the funeral speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony. Which is more effective and why? When Brutus goes up to speak to the crowd he appeals to them as “Romans” before all else. As this keeps with his reason for joining the conspiracy the audience can see that he is honourable and trustworthy. The roman public may also know this because they hail him as “noble” Brutus and Brutus also asks them at the start of his speech to “Believe me for mine honour”. Brutus repeatedly uses “honour”
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murdered by Brutus and the other conspirators he and Mark Antony give speeches. Brutus’s speech is over the reasons that he and the others murdered Caesar. Mark Antony’s speech the surface telling the citizens of Rome to not go against Brutus but is actually designed to stir up the people of Rome so that they will go into rebellion against Brutus and that so Mark Antony can Rome. Both these speeches give a huge amount of insight into not only the characters of Brutus and Mark Antony but also goes
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2012 Compare and Contrast Brutus was able to answer the Plebeians’ taunting and accusatory questions by using a simple concession and refutation technique. By praising Caesar by calling him “fortunate” and “valiant” he was able to demonstrate to the Plebeians that he still loved Caesar and did not kill him out of spite‚ jealousy‚ or any other malevolent reason‚ but because in the end‚ “[Caesar] was ambitious” and therefore Brutus had to kill his “best lover for the good of Rome.” Brutus’ simple
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The Effects of the Speeches of Brutus and Antony Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. It’s about a group of conspirators who kill their king‚ Julius‚ in order to be free. Antony‚ opposed to the assassination‚ felt that he should avenge Julius’s death. He delivered a speech that convinced the Romans that the murder was unjust‚ invoking their rebellion. Brutus‚ head of the conspiracy‚ also gave a good speech‚ but the Romans didn’t react to it. A battle erupted‚ and most
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are said in both Brutus’ and Antony’s speeches at Caesar’s funeral. Despite this similarity‚ both of the speeches are very different from one another. While Brutus is trying to sympathize with Caesar’s fan while still trying to reason with them‚ Antony is very aggressive and mentions how Caesar didn’t deserve to be betrayed. In Brutus’ speech‚ he tries to reason with Caesar’s fans without trying to offend them. He said‚ “it’s not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more.” He is trying to
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Brutus and Mark Antony both had relationships with caesar. Mark Antony was Caesar’s best friend and Brutus was just an acquaintance. Both men spoke at Caesar’s Funeral however‚ the speeches and the meaning behind them is very different. Brutus’s speech is based around him justifying why he killed Caesar and that it was for the good of rome. When he starts his speech Brutus addresses the crowd by saying “Rome‚ countrymen‚ lovers…” which shows that he puts the good of Rome before all else. He says
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Comparative Essay on the speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s greatest works. It is about a group of conspirators in Rome who kill their king‚ Julius Caesar. The play follows the life of Brutus (at the time) - a conspirator yet an honourable man. His rival throughout the novel is Mark Antony- Caesar’s good friend. The pair’s likeness and unlikeness becomes clear at Caesar’s funeral where both make a speech justifying what one another is doing. Brutus appeals to the
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Brutus and Mark Antony both give meaningful speeches after Julius Caesar’s death‚ while Mark Antony made his speech more dramatic with more shown emotion to give off his message Brutus relied on his crowd to believe that what he did was for the good of Rome and not for his own personal gain. Brutus’ speech was meant to ease the crowd out of their hatred for him and the other conspirators for Brutus didn’t want the Roman people to break up into an uproar due to Caesar’s death and he did this by
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exceptional adequate speaker? Brutus and Antony are both noble people that are both fair speakers in William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Cesar. Both people spoke at Cesar’s funeral trying to persuade their audience about his death. Brutus‚ who killed Cesar‚ tries to explain to the audience why he did such a thing‚ and Antony explains why what Brutus did was wrong. Although Brutus was a good orator and uses rhetoric well‚ Antony had the more persuasive speech overall. Antony had better use of emotional
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friends of Caesar that are having the biggest impact are Brutus and Antony. Brutus and Antony are two men living in Rome having to deal with the dictatorship that is ruled by Caesar. Although they are both Caesar friends‚ they do have some similarities‚ but they also have differences as well. You could see the true difference between Brutus and Mark Antony in their eulogy speech for Caesar. They both speak a eulogy at Caesar’s funeral. . Brutus‚ in a somewhat arrogant to where he attempts to sway the
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