Comparing Antony's Speeches Of Brutus And Antony

Chaos erupted after the death of Julius Caesar in the William Shakespeare play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, as both Brutus and Antony try to defend their side and sway the people of Rome's beliefs onto their own. These men do this by speaking to the crowd that has gathered outside the senate building where the assassination took place. Brutus is trying to justify his actions and show that he is honorable and did everything for Rome and its people. Antony on the contrary focuses His speech on Caesar and how he was a great man who would have been a great ruler of the people if not have been murdered. Though both speakers displayed powerful and moving speeches, Antony had the more effective speech because of his strong use of Pathos and repetition that evoked emotion and belief into all of the countrymen.
Throughout both speeches, these men use different rhetorical strategies to strengthen their claim and …show more content…
When attempting to accomplish this, Antony and Brutus have to use different rhetorical strategy and with this they also have to use different rhetorical devices to advance the strength of their messages. One of these strategy that the both used was repetition in which Antony used flawlessly. He repeated the phrase “Brutus is an honourable man” to the point where it was made ironic because he is proving how Brutus is wrong and unhonourable. This important example is one if not the most important reason in how Anthony was able to sway the crowd from Brutus. On the contrary, Brutus’ use of reputation only hurt his argument. By repeating the question, “have I offended,” Brutus is trying to sway the people's emotion by repeating the statement over and over again after displaying facts of his honor and reasoning. The crowd did not respond well to Brutus rhetorical device attempt and left them confused instead of in the belief that Brutus's actions were for the