Cleopatra and the main male figures around her – Caesar‚ Antony and Augustus – for this has to be looked at in good detail. This essay investigates Cleopatra’s role in the downfall and comes to the conclusion that she may have had some of the blame because she can be seen as responsible for causing both Caesar and Antony’s reputation fall and with this their support nearly disappear in both the general public and the senate. Also‚ without her‚ Antony probably wouldn’t have gone to war with Augustus both
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power was only hurting Rome. However‚ his speech has several flaws: it is delivered in prose and filled with irony. After Brutus finishes‚ Antony harangues the crowd with his famous funeral oration. This oration is said to be some of Shakespeare’s finest writing. The meticulous lucubration that encompasses Rogerian structure and clever word association allows Antony to manipulate the plebeians in opposition of Brutus. To begin‚ it is widely known that Brutus was a leading conspirator in Caesar’s death
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one of them is cassus ‚ he is not a close friend ‚ Caesar even reveled to Antony that he does not trust Cassus " he is to lean and thin " but he never suspects cassus to kill him . cassus uses his cunning to act nice to ceasar and visits his house at the 15th if march . He also refers to him as “most mighty”. This made Caesar more comfortable with him and he trusted him more. A very close friend of Caesar is Mark Antony‚ he is a Youngman given to sports and games ‚ and merrymaking in general
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appeals‚ both Brutus and Mark Antony deliver a speech using the three classical appeals‚ ethos‚ pathos and logos at the funeral of Julius Caesar. Both men effectively convey their point to the listeners/readers however; one in particular is exceedingly influential. The more powerful one is by Mark Antony‚ who uses credibility‚ emotion‚ and logic in his speech to induce the crowd at the funeral. Brutus’ speech includes these appeals as well but not as convincing as Antony. Pathos is the most cleverly
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he had the same emotions as them while Brutus only challenged the crowd. Ethos is a persuasive speech tactic that speakers use when persuading the audience by using ethics. It focuses on the ethics of either the speaker or the audience. Brutus and Antony both used ethos in their speeches. Brutus says on page126‚ lines 20-21 "...not that I loved Caesar less‚ but that I loved Rome more." This is focusing on the ethics of Brutus‚ he is showing the audience that he has strong ethics and that he did it
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The two speeches by Brutus and Antony are some of the best cases of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. They both go into wide varieties and are good in their both ways. However‚ as Brutus and Antony speaks the examples of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos are shown in different ways‚ but with Antony doing a better job. Ethos are well used by both Brutus and Antony‚ they use these so that they can get people to think and get an image in their head of how good people they are. Brutus shows Ethos by saying‚ "Believe
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Markus Antonius abuses the power of his friend after his friend’s death. Mark Antony may be a loyal friend; however‚ he makes his actions questionable. As a loyal friend‚ Mark Antony plans to search for revenge with the help from Octavius Caesar and stepped up to save Rome for Caesar. Antony steps into the scene right after the moment Caesar gets killed. He sees the conspirators with their swords and bloody hands. Antony gets this clever thought of pretending to be on the same side as then. Once
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believing that Antony is only “ A limb of Caesar‚” when Cassius wants Caesar and Antony to “Fall together”(2.1.23). Not only does Brutus let Antony live‚ he also lets this skilled orator speak at Caesar’s funeral. Antony sways the crowd. At first‚ they are praising Brutus and the conspirators‚ but once Antony has finished the people think that “They are traitors”(3.2.48). Brutus is foolishly trusting in Antony. Brutus lets Caesar’s friend talk to the people even when there are clues that Antony has not
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hero‚ Brutus‚ the anti-hero‚ Cassius‚ and the hero‚ Mark Antony. These three characters continue to display fitting attributes throughout the entire play. All of them are defined as a protagonist and they endure changes and grow as the play progresses. Brutus acts out of a desire to limit the self-serving aspects of his actions‚ ultimately dooming himself‚ defining him as the tragic hero. For example‚ he ignores Cassius’ consul and allows Antony to speak to the crowd at the funeral‚ creating tension
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speech about killing Caesar is for the good of Rome‚ Mark Antony began his speech‚ despite to all of the people who disagreed to his speech or the truth‚ he still wanted to revenge to those who murdered his beloved friend Caesar. Instead of using ethos or logos‚ Antony uses pathos to gain the crowd flavor and it’s extremely effective. Antony manages the people of Rome to almost cry for Caesar death and wanted to revenge for Caesar. In Mark Antony speech‚ uses the repetition to appeals the emotions by
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