Mark Antony is very loyal to Caesar. He sometimes acts if he is Caesar’s servant. His loyalty and dedication is appropriate. His deference is also sometimes excessive‚ but not mindless. Antony cares and loves Caesar as if they were brothers. Mark Antony is so very loyal to Caesar‚ that at times he calls him “Caesar my lord‚” (pg.3‚ Act I by Antony). Mark Antony is honest‚ and cares for Caesar. His loyalty is appropriate‚ because during the time frame most people were loyal instead of being a
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Anthony is a loyal friend to Caesar (the emperor). Brutus made a plan to kill the emperor the day of the ides of march. Mark Anthony who wasn’t involved in the crime‚ only did not do anything to rescue Caesar even if he knew what was going to happen to him. After the crime Mark Anthony came in front of the crowd to do them a speech about his death. Firstly in his dialect Mark Anthony is acting like he is on Brutus and Cassius side‚ by appoving what they had done and the reasons why they had done
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Julius Caesar‚ by William Shakespeare‚ Mark Antony uses all three of the persuasive appeals to convince people to one side of an argument or another. However‚ the most common appeal used by Antony is logos. This can be seen when he talks at Julius Caesar’s funeral‚ when he convinces Brutus and Cassius not to kill him after Caesar’s death‚ and when he asks if anyone else would leave their estate to the Romans like Caesar did. One of the most obvious times Antony uses logos to persuade a crowd is at
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Brutus and Antony are both portrayed as above average orators in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ and they both use this skill to achieve there preplanned goals in there speeches. Brutus’s goal was to rationalize the assassination of Caesar and to convince the people that Brutus and his fellow conspirators were actually heroes for what they did. On the other hand Antony’s goal was to turn the people of Rome against the conspirators and to more brightly illuminate the good things that
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Mark Antony appeals to the crowd’s sense of ethos to establish himself in their eyes as a noble man‚ and to surreptitiously separate the conspirators’ from their lofty reputations. Specifically‚ Antony mentions that he has the power to "do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong‚ who‚ you know‚ are honourable men"‚ but he "will not do them wrong: [he] rather choose[s] to wrong the dead‚ to wrong [himself] and [the people]‚ than [he] will wrong such honourable men" (). Antony says that though he could‚ it
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Mark Antony’s speech was more persuasive than Brutus simply because Brutus was trying to persuade the people of the village that killing Caesar was the right thing to do . His ultimate goal was to round up the commoners under the impression that they were revenging Caesar’s tragic death. He mentions how he and Caesar were rally good friends and how hurt he seemed to be to lose a good friend. Mark Antony persuades them by telling the commoners that he made a promise with Brutus to not speak or bring
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Marc Antony‚ Brutus‚ and Cassius are all critical characters in William Shakespeare’s famous play‚ The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Due to their distinctive personalities and values‚ there is no trait that all of these characters share‚ although they do share some traits with one another. Firstly‚ Marc Antony and Cassius are manipulative in nature‚ while Brutus is not. Secondly‚ the root of Brutus and Cassius’ failure is their personality flaw‚ while Marc Antony proves strong in all the ways they prove
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practice has dated back to ancient times to Mark Antony at the funeral of his friend and mentor‚ Julius Caesar. In William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Mark Antony establishes himself to his audience‚ the plebeians‚ with Ethos then uses Pathos to pull on the audience’s heartstrings and sway the plebeians’ beliefs with Logos in an attempt to make the audience doubt Brutus’s justification of killing Caesar because he was ambitious. Initially‚ Antony uses Ethos to establish himself as a trusted
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In the play Marullus and Flavius‚ break up a gathering of Roman citizens who seek to celebrate Julius Caesar’s triumphant return from war. The victory is shown by public games in which Caesar’s friend‚ Mark Antony‚ takes part. On his way to the arena Caesar is stopped by a stranger who warns that he reactions to the power he has in the Republic. They fear he will accept offers to become Emperor. Cassius‚ a successful general himself‚ is jealous‚ while Brutus has a more balanced view of the political
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Marc Antony in Act 3 Scene 2 of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare has a tough time to convince the Romans that what the conspirators did was wrong because of Brutus’s speech. However‚ Marc Antony uses a 3 step plan to gradually turn the crowd against the conspirators. Marc Antony is able to turn the crowd against the conspirators by using an effective use of language and persuasion. In the first part of Marc Antony’s oration he focuses on gaining the crowds trust as soon as he begins speaking
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