In what follows‚ I will explicate the classic speeches of Shakespeare’s Brutus and Mark Antony (Julius Caesar) in an attempt to demonstrate both the sophistic and argumentative reasoning styles of persuasion. Firstly‚ the speech by Brutus is quick‚ rather simplified and to the point. Brutus suggests that Caesar became ‘ambitious’ and therefore‚ had to be killed. Although his oratory is much-less wordy than that of Antony‚ he does offer a reasoned argument‚ as when he asks‚ “Have you rather Caesar
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Courteney Wiredu Mrs. Grillo ELA II Honors pd 6 16 April‚ 2017 Julius Caesar Essay Brutus vs Antony Characterization is a crucial part of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. He utilizes the characters to make the play more believable to the audience. Each person has a different personality‚ which makes them all unique. By putting careful thought into their words and actions‚ the characters are fully developed throughout the course of the play. This which adds to the plot because it makes the audience
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surrounding and including the death of Julius Caesar. Mark Antony is his trusted friend and supporter. Another friend of Caesar‚ but much less of a supporter‚ is Marcus Brutus‚ who is a leader of the conspiracy against Caesar. While Antony and Brutus are both friends of Caesar‚ other character traits including courage‚ loyalty‚ and sincerity set them apart from each other. Antony and Brutus are both admirably courageous. It took great courage for Brutus to kill Caesar‚ for he was his best friend. He shows
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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 plebeian’s
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In the play Julius Caesar‚ two men‚ Brutus and Antony‚ each give a powerful oration. In Brutus’ speech he discusses the reasons he should kill Caesar (who was a roman general and a senator)‚ calling him a poisonous snake and a serpent’s egg that was ready to hatch. Brutus was afraid that Caesar would become a dictator. He thought it would be best for the people if Caesar was murdered before he could become king. Brutus explicitly said he had no personal reason to strike Caesar but it was all in the
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Brutus Vs Antony “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves‚ than that Caesar were dead‚ to live all free men?” Whose speech was better between Brutus and Marc Antony? Well‚ it really depends on what perspective that you are looking at the play through. Brutus’ speech was meaningful more to the crowd of the Romans‚ while praising Caesar. Antony’s speech was more to address the crowd that Caesar is dead‚ and to bury Caesar. Brutus’ famous quote from the play is in his speech. Brutus’
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The overlook of Brutus’s and Antony’s speeches are not similar at all in my eyes. Brutus’s speech was trying to show the citizens that there was no harm in killing Julius Caesar‚ which there was. Brutus partially manipulates the citizens by saying how much he really loved Caesar‚ but loved the city of Rome even more. The citizens were moved by his speech because of how protected they felt by his words. Brutus talks good of Caesar‚ saying how there are tears for his love‚ joy for his fortune‚ honor
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Antony’s Speech The great Julius Caesar lies dead‚ and Marc Antony attempts to turn the crowd against his killers‚ who previously had won the support of the people. In Act III‚ scene II of the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ Marc Antony uses his skills as an orator to manipulate the crowd against the conspirators. Antony first gains the crowd’s trust‚ then casts doubt on the conspirators’ motives‚ and finally inspiring them to act against Brutus and the others. By the end of the speech‚ the
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In Antony’s funeral speech addressing the death of his dear friend Julius Caesar he uses different types of of rhetoric to one address Caesar’s death ‚and two to get a message across. The message was the reason and the people behind the death/murder of Caesar. His use of rhetoric allowed him to clearly develop a strong argument and persuade his fellow romans to rally to his side. He was able to sway them to help revenge the death of Caesar and help take back rome from these people. His use of these
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How well do the two speeches combine the story? Well there was so much conspiracy and emotions all wrapped up into one as the two speeches were going on. Like Brutus was all about logic and the reality of the problem. Mark on the other hand wasn’t. How did these two speeches compare to each other? Keep reading and find out. Mark’s speech after Julius death was all based on his emotions since he was a very good friend of Julius. He would talk about the emotions he was feeling because he did It for
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