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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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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hearts: / I am no orator‚ as Brutus is” (3.2.99-100). Firstly‚ Antony creates an image of the plebeians’ hearts. He alludes to the necessity of the emotions that will ultimately lead to the plebeians’ altering decision. Also‚ Antony attempts to put a sort of fear in his audience in order to be able persuade them with his own intentions: that Brutus is on a mission to steal their “hearts” from them. He induces the people that he is addressing to harden their hearts toward Brutus‚ who is only trying to thieve
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A Great Leader could Fall The play Julius Caesar is an great example in which leadership and friendship is shown. Leadership has become so popular and it still happens today through military‚ athletics‚ and politics. But at sometimes these politicians are assassinated just like Julius Caesar. Today‚ I will be discussing politicians with leadership who were then assassinated just as Julius Caesar. To begin‚ we start off with the famous President Abraham Lincoln who was known to have many qualities
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chance. In the play it also makes Caesar out to be a man that only cares about himself‚ but I think Caesar cared about a lot of people for example‚ his wife and best friend Brutus. I see Caesar as the underdog at times because he was never given a chance he was just judged and told no‚ in this
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manages to make them believe that this decision was made on their own part; however‚ it was a plot that he subliminally embedded into their brains. After Brutus spoke citizens cried that "Caesar was a tyrant" (III.ii.72) and felt loyalty to the aforementioned. Accordingly‚ he cleverly juxtaposed "ambitious Caesar" (III.ii.27" with "the noble Brutus" (III.ii.79) to convince the listeners of Julius’ true‚
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Julius Caesar may not have been a modern day boy scout; however‚ he still showed great signs of leadership. In ancient Rome‚ the dictator Caesar has been given the chance to become king and he intends to take it. Many question whether he rules selfishly or selflessly. Recent civil wars have weakened Rome and Rome needs a good leader. Caesar is a selfless‚ benevolent leader who only has the best of intentions as king. Caesar was a great leader and made money for Rome in interesting ways. On Act III
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Caesar’s enemies became jealous of him and his enemies must achieve the first step to murder him. “ Caesar‚ thou canst not die by traitors hands‚ unless thou bring’st them with thee “ ( V. i. 56-57). Said by: Brutus. The main conspirators that murdered Caesar were Cassius‚ Casca and Brutus. The relation in between the main
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