A classic English play written by whom is regarded as the greatest writer known, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare represents a complete form of written artwork, having modeled social conflictions between the characters including honor, friendship, power, and tragedy. The play was composed mainly for public entertainment during Shakespeare’s time, but is now commonly used for educational purposes as well as theater amusement. It portrays a central role of psychological drama and persuasion through the characters’ rhetorical use of words, and establishes the development of authority between characters within each passing Act. Mark Antony, a loyal friend to Julius Caesar and second in command, holds a high position in the play after Caesar’s death, and gives the audience a more direct, new impression of himself when he takes the opportunity to gain power
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Antony’s significance to the play is often remembered by his speech at Caesar’s funeral as it appealed to different means of persuasion that allowed him to connect with his audience and use the people of Rome to his advantage. His talent to use words and emotionally manipulate his audience results in the people blindly worshipping him as though he were king, thus giving him the power to control Rome. Antony’s speech is often classified as one of Shakespeare’s best rhetorical works to this day, and while it holds its own individual remembrance, it can be comparable to another such as President Barack Obama’s Inauguration speech in 2009. Apart from the differences between his speech and Antony’s, his demonstrates similar techniques of persuasion that resulted in him winning the presidential election afterwards. Mark Antony and President Obama reached individual levels of success due to similar rhetorical uses of persuasion in their speeches as both their work appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos, but differentiated certain motives and aspects that provoked the mood and naive minds of their
Antony’s significance to the play is often remembered by his speech at Caesar’s funeral as it appealed to different means of persuasion that allowed him to connect with his audience and use the people of Rome to his advantage. His talent to use words and emotionally manipulate his audience results in the people blindly worshipping him as though he were king, thus giving him the power to control Rome. Antony’s speech is often classified as one of Shakespeare’s best rhetorical works to this day, and while it holds its own individual remembrance, it can be comparable to another such as President Barack Obama’s Inauguration speech in 2009. Apart from the differences between his speech and Antony’s, his demonstrates similar techniques of persuasion that resulted in him winning the presidential election afterwards. Mark Antony and President Obama reached individual levels of success due to similar rhetorical uses of persuasion in their speeches as both their work appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos, but differentiated certain motives and aspects that provoked the mood and naive minds of their