Brutus and Mark Antony are two characters from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. Brutus is a senator in 44B.C conspiring to kill Caesar, the leader of Rome. On the other hand, Mark Antony is also a senator in 44B.C, but is trying to help Caesar lead Rome. Both want what is best for Rome .Brutus and Antony give a speech to the people. Their speeches have a lot of persuasive techniques. However, each has a different purpose for the speech and each arrives at a different conclusion as to what is best for Rome
Mark Antony and Brutus both use persuasive language techniques. Both use ethos and rule of three at the beginning of their speech. Brutus says” Romans, countrymen, and lovers” and Antony said “Friends, Romans, Countrymen". In addition
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Brutus gave his speech for many reasons but, the main reason is to help the people understand why the conspirators killed Caesar. Brutus wanted to calm down the people. "hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me, for honor, and respect to mine honor, that you may believe". After he accomplished this he told them that he had to kill Caesar for the better of Rome. Brutus stated that he did not want to kill his friend that he loved him, but he had to for the better of Rome. Brutus than told the citizens what he thought Caesar would have done if he was still alive. He told the citizens Caesar was going to turn them all into slaves. "had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves. Than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?". Brutus asks the people if he did right by asking them if they would rather die slaves than be free men. Continues to the speech Brutus asked the people if he did anything wrong by killing Caesar. If they would have rather been slaves. Brutus just wanted the people to know that he will keep them save Next Antony gave his speech. Antony gave his speech to show everyone who Cesar truly was. He told the citizens many times how honorable Brutus was, so many it could make the citizen almost question if Brutus was actually honorable. Mark Antony than talked about all the great things Caesar did. Antony remanded the people of good things Caesar did as king. ” …show more content…
Brutus thought if Caesar was gone would be best for Rome.” with this I depart, that as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death." Brutus thought Caesar was going to destroy Rome. Enslaved and tortured its people. He came to the conclusion that if Caesar would die Rome would stay as it was. In Brutus's point of view, Caesar was a threat to Rome instead of a help. On the other hand, Mark Antony thought completely opposite of Brutus. Antony thought Caesar would have help Rome grow and be better. Caesar had already done such good things before. Someone who helps the captives, the poor, and refuses the crown could never be as evil as Brutus says. Caesar would have protected Rome. Caesar was a good, humble man, and the best king for Rome around. "But yesterday the world of Caesar might have stood against the world; now lies he there". In Antony's point of view, Caesar was what Rome need he would not have threatened
Both speakers used an ethical appeal to the crowd and established their credibility first. Brutus starts off by saying he was Caesar’s friend, and he loved him, but because Ceasar was “ambitious” he had to “slew” him. Brutus knew that everyone in town thought he was an honorable man and he used that to establish his credibility, unlike Antony, who was thought to be a play boy, not serious about anything. He had to work harder to gain the crowd’s attention. The first sentence out of his mouth was that he was here to “bury Caesar, not to praise him” which is a great way to start since most of the people didn’t like Caesar at the time and didn’t want to listen to some silly friend of Caesar’s say wonderful things about him. Antony also mentioned many times that their hero Brutus is an “honorable“ man. This also helped get the crowd to listen to him, because they had just heard Brutus and were all fired up about the wonderful things he had said. So both the characters start off their speeches the same, gaining credibilit...
Antony is Caesar’s right hand man and good friend. He later acquires the position that Caesar had and also seeks wealth and power. All three men are after the job, but Brutus is obviously the one who was most suited for it and also the only one who never got the chance. Julius Caesar is the leader of Rome and is seeking to become king in a matter of time. Though he is a good military strategist, he lacks knowledge in running government and is too greedy to have any concern for the peasants when he is alive.
...rence between these speeches is obviously that they had different views. As said earlier, Brutus was trying to approach that killing Caesar was a good deed for Rome, while Antony’s view is that Caesar did not deserve to die and that the conspirators were the real enemies. They also used their rhetorical devices in different ways to state their points, persuading different people in the audience.
Antony and Brutus are both loyal, noble men and their loyalties shape their characters, drives their actions, and decides the very future of Rome. Brutus loves Caesar, but he loves Rome more. Antony has no need to choose between his country and best friend. Before Caesar's death both men are guarded and somewhat a secret to the reader. After Caesar's murder, however, their true personalities emerge. Antony and Brutus may seem the same, and that was they are in theory, from their positions, character traits, to the very friend's they keep they are alike almost to a point of absurdity. In practice, though, you will find them rather different due to the mistakes and decisions made by both parties.
In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Mark Antony—a loyal friend to Julius Caesar, the former emperor of Rome—gives a speech to the Roman commoners in order to persuade them to turn against Brutus, for Brutus and the conspirators had slain Caesar. Antony’s uses rough and sharp diction, a scornful tone, and honest anecdotes in order to achieve his purpose of manipulating the common people to take his side.
Brutus turned on his best friend and stabbed him in the back. In Julius Caesar’s final moments he noticed his best friend as a traitor. “Et tu, Brute! Then fall, Caesar”, these are Caesars last words as he is stabbed in the back by his friend. Since Brutus thought what he did was for Rome, he did not kill his best friend out of spite or hate he killed his best friend Julius Caesar so that Rome could live.
Brutus's and Antony's Speeches in Julius Caesar. & nbsp; William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is a tragic story of the dog and the manger. After Caesar is killed Mark Antony, a good friend of Caesar, plots to revenge his bloody death. He knows there is strength in numbers, and through a speech at Caesar's funeral, Antony plans to win the crowd of Rome and turn them against Brutus and the other conspirators. Cassius is one of the leading conspirators and is weary of Antony; Brutus is confident that in message but similar in delivery, move the emotions of the people. Brutus's and Antony's speeches differ in length, have similar ways of keeping the crowd's attention, and differ in tone. & nbsp; The first and most obvious difference in the two funeral orations is their lengths. Brutus's speech is composed of 403 authoritative words; whereas Antony' on the other hand, has much more to say than Brutus anticipates. His speech is split into six lengthy sections. First, Antony counters what Brutus says by proving that Caesar was not ambitious. The next two parts deal with Antony's finding of Caesar's will and Antony giving a little taste of what it contains. Then, Antony sways the crowd's emotion from curiosity to pity when he tearfully re storm the houses of the conspirators, Antony brings them back to the will and tells them what Caesar has left for them, the people of Rome. & nbsp; Despite these drastic differences, the two orations are similar in a way essential to their effectiveness. Brutus and Antony demand audience participation by asking questions and making comments they know will spark fire in the hearts of the Roman people anyone to defy him, ".I pause for a reply" (Act III, scene ii, lines 34-5). The people reply, "None, Brutus, none!" (Act III, scene ii, line 36). Once he knows he has won the people, Brutus states that he has the same death for himself (the same death as Caesar) when it will benefit Rome.
In front of the people of Rome at Caesar’s funeral whilst giving his speech, Antony makes up Brutus to up to be this honorable and noble man, nonetheless Brutus is one of the conspirators who ended Caesar’s life. Caesar has been slain by, Trebonius, Cinna, Cassius, Brutus, Ligarius, Decius, Metellus and Casca. All because most had felt that he was too ambitious for their liking, Cassius has manipulated each one of them into committing the crime alongside him. Once Caesar is killed, Brutus delivers his speech, saying, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”(lll.ii.20). Basically just trying to justify the reason he helped to kill one of the most loved Romans in all of Rome. Antony then comes out and begins his speech at Caesar’s
Who's speech would appeal to you? Brutus' or Antony's? Brutus, who killed Caesar by stabbing him, explained in his speech that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome because he loved his home more than his ruler. He believed Caesar was going down a tyrannical road and believed he should have stopped it. He gave his speech with reasoning and no emotion.
Brutus was a well-known person who loved Rome. His love for Rome led to him helping someone murder Julius Caesar, his leader. As a person do you love and care about your state or country so much that you would kill your leader to protect the people in it? Brutus cared so much about Rome and his people that he did just that. He lost his life for Rome, and it truly showed how much he cared for the people, which showed his level of honor. An honorable person is someone who is of high rank, has dignity, and highly respected. In the tragedy, “Julius Caesar”, Brutus proves that he is the most honorable Roman through his loyalty, because he was loved by the people of Rome, he helped kill his leader to help Rome, and he willingly lost his life for Rome.
Where Mark antony and brutus are clearly separated in thought is where he believes that he can use logic to appeal to the crowd. He is excited to focus on himself during the speech and only really makes comments about himself. In his mind the crowd is very smart and will identify with him because
Brutus begins his speech using a sentimental tone, talking of how he loved Caesar just as much as anyone present. He then goes on to explain why he conspired against a friend so dear to him. “If then that friend demands why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (79). Here Brutus begins to speak of how Rome is of the highest importance, how the death of Caesar was absolutely necessary, for his ambition would have led them all to their graves as slaves. Now Brutus seems to go in a logical direction, asking who would rather be a slave, “who is here so rude, that would not be Roman?”(80), making the death of Caesar seem perfectly fine, even good.
In Brutus speech he wants the crowd to forgive him for killing Caesar and make him the new leader of Rome. The first word of Brutus speech is Romans, and later in the speech he says that he loved Caesar but loved Rome more, also in the begging part of the play we found out that he does everything for Rome. The crowd does not want to listen to him and keeping yelling at him, he keeps telling the crowd to be quiet, listen, and be patient. He finally gets the crowd to calm down. He told the crowd that Caesar would have made them his slaves and that Caesar was too ambitious and would have been killed.
Well, because of how much more relatable, personable, and overall better Mark Antony's speech was, he won the allegiance of the Roman people. And because of that win, he and Caesar's son, Octavius, were able to go to war and defeat Brutus and Cassius' army. And because of this defeat, even after winning a stage of the battle, Brutus commits suicide. And because Cassius thought his friend Titinius was captured by Mark Antony and Octavius, he committed suicide as well. So in the end, after giving a tribute to Brutus saying he was "the noblest Roman of them all", Mark Antony won the battle.