Marcus Brutus And Mark Antony's Speech

The Killer Speech People can be swayed to believe one thing or another in many ways. Unfortunately, this can be done rather easily. They can be swayed by using emotion, morals, or logic. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony try to do so. However, both are trying to persuade the same crowd about two totally different things. To begin, Marcus Brutus opens with a logical speech. He wanted the people to see the reason in his actions. Such as when Brutus stated, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (595). “Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to all live freemen?” (595). This was said so the crowd would think about what good will come from his actions instead of the bad. If the people were to act before thinking it through, chaos could have broken out. By starting with logic, the crowd is calmed and swayed towards the reasoning of Marcus Brutus. The people are now no threat unless someone else turns them against him. Mark Antony is just the man for the job. Although Brutus suppressed the crowd’s emotions, Antony looked to do just the opposite. What is a better way to stir up fiery emotions than telling people they have ben lied to? The list is extremely short and in this case a better way did not exist. So, Antony did just that. For …show more content…
Without a doubt, the reading of Caesar’s will completed the task. In his will, he was going to give everyone land and money. During Caesar’s time period, land was very hard to come by. That made it even more valuable. It is not exactly common for people to give away valuable things. Thus, it made Caesar look even better and helped Antony prove Caesar was a great man and a patriot for his country. That also helped him prove Brutus killed Caesar for no reason. With the now beloved Caesar dead, the only thing left is the people to attack the men that killed