Again in the beginning of his speech he says “believe me for my honour, and have respect to mine honour”. (Shakespeare 870) By using parallel structure here, he places emphasis on his honor which was well known throughout his parts. If he can get the people to see him through his history of honor then he has already gained an advantage on their perspective. Down to about the middle of his speech he has a big part where he says “Who here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; fro him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended”. (Shakespeare 871) His words here make sure to put emphasis on offense. When he did this he did it so that he could that the people knew that if they were against him that they then couldn’t even call themselves Romans. Lastly for parallel structure, he uses the words “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”. (Shakespeare 870) The parallelism of these two opposite statements puts stress of what he is saying. It makes sure that the people know that it wasn’t because he didn’t love Caesar but that he wanted the good of Rome more. Parallelism may have been one of the main devices Brutus used in his speech but its also used in important conjunction with
Again in the beginning of his speech he says “believe me for my honour, and have respect to mine honour”. (Shakespeare 870) By using parallel structure here, he places emphasis on his honor which was well known throughout his parts. If he can get the people to see him through his history of honor then he has already gained an advantage on their perspective. Down to about the middle of his speech he has a big part where he says “Who here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; fro him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended”. (Shakespeare 871) His words here make sure to put emphasis on offense. When he did this he did it so that he could that the people knew that if they were against him that they then couldn’t even call themselves Romans. Lastly for parallel structure, he uses the words “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”. (Shakespeare 870) The parallelism of these two opposite statements puts stress of what he is saying. It makes sure that the people know that it wasn’t because he didn’t love Caesar but that he wanted the good of Rome more. Parallelism may have been one of the main devices Brutus used in his speech but its also used in important conjunction with