Rylee Sellitto
Ms. Heaton
RL 1 English 10
November 4th, 2015
Effectiveness From Logical and Emotional Appeal Have you ever noticed the differences between two speeches by listening to how each persuades the audience with their words? In the tragedy Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar gets stabbed in the back by the conspirators and dies. After his death, both Brutus and Antony give a speech to the people of Rome, expressing their logic and emotion behind Caesar’s assassination. Antony’s use of logical and emotional appeals swayed the Romans and proved his speech more effective than Brutus’s. Both Brutus and Antony used logical and emotional appeals throughout their speeches that helped persuade the Romans’ thoughts …show more content…
All throughout Brutus’s speech he made the point directly and indirectly that he killed Caesar for the people. He rose against Caesar because it wasn’t that “I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” in which proclaimed the reasoning for killing Caesar (3.2.23-24). By revealing these words, Brutus is providing logical reasoning behind his actions. He didn’t just killed Caesar for himself but for the good of the people. The Romans praised Brutus for his actions and declared him their hero because to the Romans, they think Brutus saved them from Caesar. This was an effective part of Brutus’s speech however, Antony’s emotion will effect the people more. In contrast to Brutus, Antony used a lot of emotional appeals towards the Romans. In one way, Antony points out the people that before Brutus killed Caesar they didn’t have any problems with Caesar’s ways of ruling. The Romans “all did love him once” because Caesar did no wrong to the people …show more content…
But, Antony’s speech was more effective because he connected to the Romans more by using strong logical and emotional appeals. He was able to touch the Romans’ hearts with his emotion and persuade their thoughts with his logic. The emotional appeals also added a sensitive feeling to the people for the loss of Caesar. Throughout Antony’s speech, he was able to demonstrate the true meaning of friendship towards Caesar by sticking by his side, even through his death. Through his strong use of mainly emotional appeals but also logic, Antony won over the Romans and turned them against
Ms. Heaton
RL 1 English 10
November 4th, 2015
Effectiveness From Logical and Emotional Appeal Have you ever noticed the differences between two speeches by listening to how each persuades the audience with their words? In the tragedy Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar gets stabbed in the back by the conspirators and dies. After his death, both Brutus and Antony give a speech to the people of Rome, expressing their logic and emotion behind Caesar’s assassination. Antony’s use of logical and emotional appeals swayed the Romans and proved his speech more effective than Brutus’s. Both Brutus and Antony used logical and emotional appeals throughout their speeches that helped persuade the Romans’ thoughts …show more content…
All throughout Brutus’s speech he made the point directly and indirectly that he killed Caesar for the people. He rose against Caesar because it wasn’t that “I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” in which proclaimed the reasoning for killing Caesar (3.2.23-24). By revealing these words, Brutus is providing logical reasoning behind his actions. He didn’t just killed Caesar for himself but for the good of the people. The Romans praised Brutus for his actions and declared him their hero because to the Romans, they think Brutus saved them from Caesar. This was an effective part of Brutus’s speech however, Antony’s emotion will effect the people more. In contrast to Brutus, Antony used a lot of emotional appeals towards the Romans. In one way, Antony points out the people that before Brutus killed Caesar they didn’t have any problems with Caesar’s ways of ruling. The Romans “all did love him once” because Caesar did no wrong to the people …show more content…
But, Antony’s speech was more effective because he connected to the Romans more by using strong logical and emotional appeals. He was able to touch the Romans’ hearts with his emotion and persuade their thoughts with his logic. The emotional appeals also added a sensitive feeling to the people for the loss of Caesar. Throughout Antony’s speech, he was able to demonstrate the true meaning of friendship towards Caesar by sticking by his side, even through his death. Through his strong use of mainly emotional appeals but also logic, Antony won over the Romans and turned them against