The play Julius Caesar was a classic Tragedy from the author, William Shakespeare, which had the ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar, die from the sword of his own friends which resulted in more deaths and a war for the throne. But in the play the antagonist, Mark Antony, and the protagonist, Marcus Brutus, both make a speech after the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus spoke first and said great things about Caesar. Antony spoke and disagreed with what Brutus had to say and said that he was not a great ruler; but, a great man. During this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting the speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony.
The speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus are different and similar, but we will look at the differences of the two. The speech of Brutus was to honor Caesar and all of what he has done for the nation, "If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (act 3.2). This shows that Brutus means that he is saying the good things that Caesar did for Rome. But, after the speech from Brutus, Mark Antony comes and speaks about Caesar and he says these words several times throughout his speech, "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And sure he is an honorable man" (act 3.2). Mark …show more content…
The differences between the two speeches is that the strategies that each of Brutus and Antony took. Brutus took a sympathetic way of losing a friend but also restoring the power back to Rome, which the crowd took the bait. Then Anthony took the audience in the nicest way possible from Brutus and uses them to get him the throne. That is exactly the way they killed Caesar is to have a ruler like Antony come in and change Rome. The similarities of the two speeches and people is that they were really good friends with the previous ruler of Rome. Those are the similarities and differences between the two speeches of Julius
The speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus are different and similar, but we will look at the differences of the two. The speech of Brutus was to honor Caesar and all of what he has done for the nation, "If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (act 3.2). This shows that Brutus means that he is saying the good things that Caesar did for Rome. But, after the speech from Brutus, Mark Antony comes and speaks about Caesar and he says these words several times throughout his speech, "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And sure he is an honorable man" (act 3.2). Mark …show more content…
The differences between the two speeches is that the strategies that each of Brutus and Antony took. Brutus took a sympathetic way of losing a friend but also restoring the power back to Rome, which the crowd took the bait. Then Anthony took the audience in the nicest way possible from Brutus and uses them to get him the throne. That is exactly the way they killed Caesar is to have a ruler like Antony come in and change Rome. The similarities of the two speeches and people is that they were really good friends with the previous ruler of Rome. Those are the similarities and differences between the two speeches of Julius