At Caesar’s funeral, Brutus lets Antony’s to speak to the public under two circumstances. Antony was allowed to give a speech only after Brutus’ speech was done and if he promises to not say anything against to the conspirators. Even though Antony promised to not say anything against to the conspirators, he was already planning to take advantage of giving the last words. Antony’s speech is considered as one of the best lines in Shakespeare’s work since it is dramatic significant. At first, it was not obvious how this speech can affect the story until the speech ended. Antony used variety of rhetorical devices in his speech to get what he wants. First, Antony started his speech with “Friends, Romans, countrymen” (3.2.72). Earlier during Brutus’ speech, he mentioned Romans first to appeal the reasons while Antony approaches to the crowd friendlier, more personally and emotionally by putting the word “Friends” first. This beginning helped Antony to take the crowd’s full attention throughout his entire speech. …show more content…
He questions whether Caesar is actually ambitious like what Brutus described with a few examples of what Caesar has done. For example, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious” (3.2.89-92) makes the crowd to rethink about whether Caesar was actually ambitious. Furthermore, after the line above, then Antony says, “And Brutus is an honorable man” (3.2.93). Antony keeps mentioning that Brutus is an honorable man after questioning what Brutus said about Caesar being ambitious is right or wrong. By doing this so, it makes the crowd to rethink and doubt about Brutus’ speech. This tactic makes the public to lose their credibility towards Brutus and gain towards Antony. Antony making his perspective neutral shows how honest and credible he
In his speech, Brutus appeals to the loyalism of his audience by making intertwining arguments of ethos, pathos, and logos. He begins by establishing his ethos by asserting his status as an honorable fellow Roman worthy of their respect. He expands on this ethos by dividing it into three parts: his love of Caesar, his loyalty to Rome, and his relationship to his audience. Brutus tells his audience that he was a “dear friend” to the man he murdered, invoking a pathetic sense of sympathy from his audience. However, as he says himself, it was “not that [he] loved Caesar less, but that [he] loved Rome more,” strengthening his ethos as a loyal countryman with the interests of his audience at heart. After establishing an emotional connection to his audience and earning their trust, Brutus explains his logic
Depending on the cause and how they speak is how an audience will react. The ending can make or break how it went, you always want to leave the crowd with your main point or something to get across to them. Brutus mentions Antony “Do grace Caesar’s corpse and grace his speech”(3.2.62-63), this leaves people in anticipation of Mark Antony’s speech and to give him respect and time. Agnes Heller says “Brutus is not a man without passions...such as friendship, courage, magnanimity, temperance, and justice.”(Heller) this can show that Brutus does not know any better than to tell the people about Mark Antony and support him because he is too kind hearted to purposely not give Antony a chance to speak. Mark Antony however ends his speech with pathos and emotion, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar”(3.2.108) which makes the crowd sympathize for him. Also Antony makes sure to include a dramatic pause for his speech to sink in and for effect, this causes the people to go out into a riot. Antony got the reaction he was looking for by angering the Romans, seeing that Caesar is dead without good cause. In the article “The Tragic Hero of Julius Caesar” Paolucci says that “Marc Antony will be the key figure in the determination of the fate of Rome and of the conspirators/liberators.”(Paolucci). In the play Antony does become a key factor in their fate, this speech is part of it because he quickly turns the Roman citizens against them. The kind of reputation that you have in a community can also have a huge part in making people listen to you. Brutus was known as the nobleman throughout Rome that people would often listen to and trust. Mark Antony was known as Caesar’s loyal friend but also did not have to bad of a reputation in Rome, maybe not as good as Brutus but it was not bad. “Here comes his body mourned by Antony”(Shakespeare, 3.2.42) shows empathy to Mark Antony and makes the audience start focusing on Antony instead of himself and
One of the main components of Mark Antony’s speaking competence is his ability to approach the assemblage using two different overtures. The most obvious and profound approach he uses is the logos appeal. When Mark Antony first enters, the people are definitely not on his side after being heavily influenced by Brutus’ speech. Right away, Antony calls the people his friends, which instantaneously leads to him being somewhat likable and the Romans lending Antony their ears. Just being friendly is a great move by Mark Antony and shows he is very intelligent and blessed with excellent verbalism. Antony smartly uses the crowd’s rowdiness as a prime opportunity to use ‘logos’ to force the people think twice about what they think is right. Mark Antony realizes that with such a naïve and easily taken in crowd he can handily gain ...
Firstly, Antony says a general statement that, “the evil that men do lives after them” (III.ii.74), when in fact he is subtly and sneeringly referring to the conspirators actions. The Roman commoners don’t realize that this general statement is swaying them, but the rest of Antony’s speech further convinces them of the evil the conspirators have done. Later, Antony talks about Brutus says that “sure, [he] is an honourable man” (III.ii.98), emphasis on the sure. Because he uses a scornful tone while sarcastically saying this statement, he is really beginning to show the audience his true feelings on the situation. Knowing that even Antony bitterly disagrees with the choices of the conspirators, it further persuades the common people of Rome to turn against Brutus and the rest of Caesar’s murderers. These occasions show Antony’s sour tone, especially towards the conspirators, and Antony’s tone also riles up the Roman citizens. His tone helps to exasperate the commoners with Caesar’s murder, and therefore assists Antony in achieving his purpose to manipulate the audience to turn against
He uses a range of rhetorical devices to manipulate the crowd. Both characters make very powerful speeches that will eventually determine who rules Rome. Both characters begin their speeches with a list of three. This rhetorical device creates a powerful and intense atmosphere: “Romans, countrymen, and lovers” – Brutus “Friends, Romans, countrymen” – Marc Antony Brutus puts “Romans” and “countrymen” at the start of his list of three. This shows us that Brutus’ number one priority is Rome and his country, and not the people.
In his play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare employs various rhetorical strategies such as direct address, repetition, and apostrophe in Antony’s eulogy to convince the crowd into believing that Caesar was a good ruler. His excellent use of rhetoric begins before he starts his speech through the establishment of familiarity. Before Antony begins his speech, he refers to the crowd as “friends, romans, [and] countrymen” to establish a personal connection, indicating the use of direct address (3.2.82). By referring to the crowd as “friends,” Antony removes any separation between him and the audience, establishing a close bond by choice. As it came first on his list, it emphasizes the importance of his friendship with the audience as friendship implies
& respects the intelligence of the common people to understand a speech given in verse. Brutus's authoritative air is once again illustrated at the very opening line of his oration when he demands the attention of the people, "Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my / cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me / for mine honor and have respect to mine honor, that / you may believe"(Act III, scene ii, lines 13-16). this one line, Antony uses Brutus's words to his advantage by changing them to make himself sound friendlier. By the very first word of Antony's speech, one can infer that he is about to give a humbling oration; he uses the ethical appeal to convince the people to believe in his cause rather than Brutus's. Finally, while the crowd is in awe of Brutus's raw power and booming authority, Antony uses sarcasm He is "an honorable man" (Act III, scene II, line 84) in a tone of biting mockery, therefore questioning Brutus's credibility. & nbsp; It is true that the Roman people have emotions that sway with the winds, but this is partly due to the great speaking skills of both Brutus and Mark Antony.
“Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare is the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar. Two speeches were made after his death, one being by Mark Antony. He uses many rhetorical devices in this speech to counter the previous speech and persuade the crowd that the conspirators who killed Caesar were wrong. Rhetoric is the art of persuasion and these many devices strengthen this by making points and highlighting flaws. Antony uses many rhetorical devices, all of which are used to persuade the crowd that the conspirators are wrong and Caesar did not need to be killed.
In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Mark Antony speak to the plebeians of Caesar’s assassination in Act Three, Scene Two. Cassius is not supportive of letting Antony speak in fear that Antony will double cross the conspirators, but Brutus permits it with Antony promising to not speak badly of them.. Brutus speaks to the people of Rome first, explaining that he helped kill Caesar because his love for Rome was greater than his love for Caesar. The plebeians are pleased with Brutus’s speech. Once Antony appears carrying Caesar’s dead body, Brutus leaves to let Antony speak. This was a mistake on Brutus’s part because Antony does what exactly Cassius feared. In Antony’s speech to the plebeians he uses verbal irony, repetition, appeals to
Brutus is seen by all of Rome as a good man and Antony sees the self-important side of Brutus which has developed from this. He notices this and uses it against Brutus. Through repeatedly stating the idea that ?Brutus is an honorable man?, he then points out the fact that Brutus is claiming to be so ?honorable? because he murdered Caesar.
Antony pledges loyalty to Brutus and asks to speak at the funeral. Cassius is wary of Antony’s persuasiveness while Brutus allows him to make a speech at Caesar’s funeral (Shakespeare III. i. 200-276). In the end, Antony convinces the public to mutiny against the conspirators behind Caesar’s death (Shakspeare III. ii. 267-276). Brutus is ignorant of Antony’s intentions to cause mutiny as he allows him to be influential to the public by permitting him to speak at Caesar’s funeral. In addition, Brutus’ actions also show his ignorance of Antony’s eloquence, by allowing Antony to speak at the funeral and influence the public. Brutus neglects the possibility that Antony will be more convincing than him as he tells
To control the angry crowd, Brutus addressed the crowd and gave reasons why Caesar was a tyrant. After Brutus delivered his speech, he foolishly left and he did not hear what Antony wanted to say. Anthony’s speech was filled with irony and sarcasm. Antony knows that
Mark Antony's Speech from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Mark Antony’s funeral oration over the body of Julius Caesar in act three, scene two is the most important speech in the play and effects the development of the play as a whole in many ways. Firstly this speech falls in the play where we have seen Antony’s distraught reaction to the murder of Caesar and his letter vowing allegiance to Brutus in return for being able to live. Act three, scene one prepares us for Antony’s rhetoric as here he states that ‘Brutus is noble, wise, valiant and honest’ which fits in with him repeatedly stating ‘Brutus is an honourable man’. It becomes evident in this scene that Antony has an ulterior motive for forming this allegiance and asking to do the funeral oration when he is ‘swayed from the point by looking down on Caesar’ and then states that ‘friends am I with you all, and love you all’ but still wants to know ‘why and wherein Caesar was dangerous’. Thus we the audience are aware that Antony is not being honest with the conspirators especially when he speaks in a soliloquy of the anarchy he will create when he states ‘blood and destruction shall be so in use…that mothers shall but smile when they behold/
In this piece, Antony shows that he was a firm supporter and lover of Caesar. It is obvious that his loyalty was not to Brutus and the conspirators, but he never said that to the citizens. Antony bashed Brutus in the most respectful way he could have; he stated the greater things Caesar has done. The use of Antonys wordplay led to comments from the crowd such as:
Antony was able to have a good connection with the audience, making his speech superior to Brutus’. Having an ethical connection with the audience is important because it lets the people know who they can trust and feel comfortable around. Antony tries to get the Romans to feel important “For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men” (3.2.10-11). Not only does he call Brutus honourable, but he says everyone else is as well, making them all feel comfortable and trustful with Antony. During Brutus’ speech, he does not use as much ethics as Antony, “Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe” (3.2.3-5). Brutus makes no attempt to compliment and appeal to the people. Instead he just