What do Brutus’ and Antony’s use of literary devices tell the reader about their personalities and their intentions? Brutus and Antony both use literary devices like repetition, pathos, ethos, logos, and irony. In his funeral speech for Caesar, Antony over uses pathos t gain the emotional support of the plebeians. Antony says, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar. And I must pause till it come back to me” (Shakespeare lll.ii.104)…
Antony’s speech ultimately leads to a battle between him and the conspirators. Brutus has good intentions, but nevertheless he makes a lot of bad decisions which eventually leads to his…
Brutus on the other hand, uses only facts which doesn’t give much credibility and there is no bond between him and the crowd. Antony’s precise word choice allows him to even combine pathos and ethos in one phrase. For example, towards the end of the funeral speech, Antony says “But yesterday the word of Caesar might have stood against the world: now he lies there.” Antony appeals to the empathy of the crowd by making them feel sad about his death, especially when he says “now he lies there”. He also shows Caesar was morally good because Caesar was willing to stand against the world just for…
Each included example of logos, ethos, and pathos in his speech. However, one crucial mistake that Brutus made when speaking is letting Antony speak after him. He cannot counter what Antony says, and does not know what he tells the people. Because of the way Antony spoke and what he included in his speech, he is able to come out on top. The people are able to relate to the emotion that is pouring out of Antony, whereas they merely listened to the facts that Brutus spoke to them.…
Both speeches of Brutus and Antony about Caesar’s death were compelling, but Mark Antony’s speech was overall superior to that of Brutus’s, for he won back the Roman people’s loyalty. In Brutus’s speech, he tries to invoke the people of Rome using ethos. Brutus uses ethos to credit himself, saying that the people should trust his words. The people of Rome can trust in his words because he is a part of the government, so in using ethos was an effective way on persuading the people.…
After reading the two speeches I disagree with Antony stating he is “no orator as Brutus is, but a plain blunt man”(III.ii.220). I disagree with Antony portraying himself as a plain blunt man because the way he speaks to the crowd of Rome reveals his manipulative, selfish and conniving ways. He does not want what is best for Rome, but only what is best for…
Antony delivered a more effective speech than Brutus by using many rhetorical devices including irony, pathos, . By making his speech emotional and manipulative, Antony convinces the people of Rome to avenge Caesar's death with him. In their speeches, both Brutus and Antony use irony to appeal to the people’s emotions and convince them of different beliefs. One example of irony in Brutus’s speech is in the lines “Who is here so vile…
After close examination it is clear to see that Antony's use of Ethos, Pathos, and logos is far more persuasive than Brutus argument. Anthony's words strike the word of Brutos. At the beginning of Brutus's speech, he instantly uses ethos by telling the people to remember his honor, which is effective and catches the audience's attention. He remind the audience of his wisdom so they will more easily believe him.…
Power is one of the most desirable things in life. Everyone longs for it. However, power can be very dangerous. Julius Caesar shows this by conveying a theme that power can be deadly to those who are not careful. The first example of this is that Caesar is in a position of power and ends up being killed because of it.…
After comparing Brutus and Antony's techniques of persuading the crowd using ethos, pathos, and logos, it is obvious that Brutus is the more persuasive speaker. Both Brutus and Antony used ethos trying to persuade the crowd who the best persuasive speaker is at the funeral speech. One example from Brutus is, "Believe me for mine honor and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. " He is trying to make them to respect him and believe him so that he will be proven to be the best persuasive speaker. One example from Antony is, "Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.…
He reminded the people that Caesar would have ruined Rome, become a tyrant and would have enslaved everyone, he said "had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead?". He says this as a rhetorical question: it has quite an obvious answer but probably would have been false anyway. Brutus says that last quote like it is fact and that it will happen. The fact makes it seem more real.…
In addition to defending a Caesar’s dead body Antony had to go back in the past to things he has done for the people, and he is not even defending himself. Not alone that Antony has to worry about the conspirators, he even sent a servant to the scene of murder to make sure he was not a target on the group of conspirators list. Consequently, leading to Antony fearing for his life while giving his speech. Then after he gave his speech he was able not only calm the crowd, but to convince them to go against the conspirators and want kill them. Overall while Brutus’s speech was exceptional and was able to calm the crowd and change their minds into thinking Caesar was a tyrant.…
While Brutus addresses the crowd with logic and reason, Antony uses emotion. The use of rhetorical questions, parallel structure, and repetition by Brutus and Antony throughout their speeches changes the views of the crowd and what they should believe. While…
Caesar was killed just for having ambition. Maybe the determination to make everyone slaves. With all that said Brutus did have the better funeral speech than Antony, he not only spoke about why he killed Caesar he commemorated him as his friend that he had so much love for. Antony did not really entice the reader with his speech to summarize what he said is Brutus is an honorable man (x3 times), Caesar did not have any ambition because he brought captives home to Rome and the money brought great wealth to the city, Antony tried to give Caesar a kingly crown and he refused three times, and the people should love Caesar as they once did. These statements do not entice the reader Antony should have talked more about the bad that Caesar did.…
After Caesar’s death, in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the conspirators and Mark Antony speak to the public to explain what has happened to Caesar. Brutus, one of the main conspirators and Caesar’s best friend, talks first and gives the Romans the reason as to why Caesar had to be killed. Brutus’ speech is very convincing and he manipulates the crowd into believing him easily. After Brutus speaks, Mark Antony, Caesar’s good friend and second in command, gives a speech about Caesar and how he did not deserve to die, easily turning the crowd against Brutus and the other conspirators. Both speeches use persuasive techniques, like ethos, and rhetorical devices, like repetition and rhetorical questions, to manipulate their audiences…