Speeches are weapons; words that can be manipulated to attack a subject or person in a way that the author must decide. In the case of Mark Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Winston Churchill’s speech at the start of World War II, “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat” are two speeches dealing with aggression towards a certain matter. Antony’s speech was created to gain the trust of the Plebeians and take sides with him concerning whether or not Caesar was killed for the good of Rome claimed by Brutus. Churchill’s speech created an attack against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in the fear that the Nazis would try to take over England. Both of the speeches had the power to lead their audience into the path of their wanting.
Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of World War II, used the elements of Pathos, Ethos, and Logos in order to have the House proclaim their confidence in the government with his speech, “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”. Pathos was used in a manner to explain to the House and the whole Country in general what his goal was for his country. Churchill was willing to sacrifice for the safety of the United Kingdom, “victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival” (Churchill P5). Churchill means that even if the country of the United Kingdom has to lose or sacrifice in order to rise above Germany, that is their goal because if they don’t try to fight back, they will be doomed anyways as Hitler tries to conquer the world. Churchill offers credibility with the use of Ethos in order to show what the Nazi party is planning, “wage war, by sea, by air...
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...was not ambitious and they go to track down the rest of the conspirators for killing the great, and noble Caesar.
Antony’s speech was solely for his own benefit, not for the good of Rome. Winston Churchill’s speech is more effective because it reaches all of England and has the power to unite a country together and get the people through the challenges that are yet to come. His speech isn’t for revenge. Churchill’s speech has a goal to protect his country whereas Antony just wanted revenge. Both speeches were given for different reasons, but both had the same effect of moving the public.
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The most predominate and important aspect In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare are the speeches given to the Roman citizens by Brutus and Antony, the two main charaters, following the death of Caesar. Brutus and Antony both spoke to the crowd,using the same rhetorical devices to express their thoughts. Both speakers used the three classical appeals employed in the speeches: ethos, which is an appeal to credibility; pathos, which is an appeal to the emotion of the audience; and logos, which is an appeal to the content and arrangement of the argument itself. Even though both speeches have the same structure Antony’s speech is significantly more effective than Brutus’s.
Both of these men are considered successful leaders because of the battles they have led their armies to win and the way they have rose to defeat severe circumstances on the battlefield. The reason behind the success of the armies led by these men is the inspiration that their soldiers have had to fight. This inspiration came in the form of war speeches, which were very effective because of the techniques incorporated into both of these speeches. The techniques discussed that overlap in both King Henry V’s ‘St. Crispin’s Day’ speech and Winston Churchill’s ‘We Shall Fight on the Beaches’ speech include pathos, egos, logos and peroration. These techniques provide a large contribution to why both of these speeches were so renowned, why they led to military success and why they were so galvanizing to the armies and people when delivered.
...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.
Shakespeare, William. “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.” Elements of Literature: Kylene Beers. Austin: Holt, 2009. 842-963. Print.
Sir Winston Churchill’s speech, ‘We Shall Fight on the Beaches’ was a wonderful piece of moving rhetoric. The diction that Churchill uses to deliver his message is not so advanced that one cannot understand him easily, but still manages to portray a sense of Churchill’s deeply intellectual status without being condescending. It is a very inspirational piece, a moving speech, and a powerful call to action aimed to uplift the downtrodden population of Britain at the time. Churchill responded to the need for inspiration with his now-famous speech. His use of rhetoric not only inspired Britain, but was a powerful tool that brought about a final victory over the Nazis.
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Winston Churchill spoke these words at the House Commons; his way of talking to people was a power which he held. Winston Churchill was born November, 30 1874, in Blenheim Palace. He was born into a wealthy family who treated Winston to a rich lifestyle. In 1893 Churchill entered the Royal Military College as a cadet, from here on he rose to the top ranks commanded with great authority. He began to have political speeches at the age of 23 when he talked to the primrose League. When he was 24 he wrote his first book entitled The Story of the Malakand Field Force. Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26, being one of the youngest members. Winston was appointed Prime Minister of England on May 10th 1940. Winston’s 2 books that were published shows people that he is a respectable author who people can believe what he says during his speeches. In this speech Winston was talking to the members of the House of Commons, but this speech was more than trying to persuade elected officials, it was intended to speak to all people fighting against the Nazi Party. The purpose of this speech was to show the members of Commons that we must fight in this war and we must win, for if England shall lose the rest of the world would lose.
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“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.
speech. Brutus was one of the murderers of Caesar. Antony was trying to raise the crowd
While Brutus's speech was very repetitive about his love for Caesar and how Caesar was too ambitious, Mark Antony made sure that you question Brutus's motives, and also made sure that Caesar's "ambitions" were not half as corrupt as Brutus had made him out to be. So in the end, Mark Antony had an all around better speech than Brutus, allowing me to see through Antony’s point of view better than through Brutus’s.