Loyalty is defined as a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause. Loyalties can conflict with each other and one would have to choose, but could that justify killing a person? In Shakespeare Julius Caesar, Brutus, Caesar’s best friend joined Cassius and other conspirators to kill Caesar justifying it by their loyalty to their country, Rome. They believed that Caesar is getting too powerful and his power is going to his head and will damage the republic. At Caesar’s funeral, both Brutus and Antony, Caesar’s noble friend give speeches that included different strategies to affect the audience’s feelings and thoughts. Antony delivered a more effective speech than Brutus by using many rhetorical devices including irony, pathos, . By making his speech emotional and manipulative, Antony convinces the people of Rome to avenge Caesar's death with him.
In their speeches, both Brutus and Antony use irony to appeal to the people’s emotions and convince them of different beliefs. One example of irony in Brutus’s speech is in the lines “Who is here so vile that will not/ love his country? If any, speak—for him have I/ offended” (III, ii, 34-36). By using irony, Brutus is saying that if the plebes don't agree with him, they're not loyal to their country. However, he really means, if the plebes don't agree with Caesar’s death, they're against him which makes them the enemy in Brutus's eyes. Antony also uses verbal irony in his speech by saying “I am no orator, as Brutus is” (III, ii, 229) and calling Brutus and Cassius honorable men. All of this is ironic, because he is playing with the the audience's emotions because what Brutus and Cassius has done is not honorable according to Antony. Both Brutus and Antony use irony in their speeches to convince the audience of their beliefs but Brutus used it as a threat to make them fear being his enemy while Antony used iony to make the people emotional because of their love to Caesar. Another way in which Antony used to deliver a persuasive speech at Caesar’s funeral is anaphora or repetition. Throughout his speech, Antony repeats the fact that Brutus and the other conspirators are honorable men by saying, “For Brutus is an honorable man;/ So are they all, all honorable men” (III, ii, 91-92). By repeating this quote, Antony is telling that he is not trying to prove the conspirators wrong but he then goes on to question how ambitious Caesar really was. He says, “the noble Brutus/ hath …show more content…
When Brutus says “not that I loved Caesar less, but that i loved/ Rome more” (III, ii, 23-24), he is using pathos to appeal to the Plebeians through their love and loyalty to Rome, which can make them betray anyone, even Caesar, whom they loved. Brutus also uses rhetorical questions to address the audience including ”Had you rather Caesar were living, and/ die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all/ freemen” (III, ii, 24-26). This rhetorical question is used to make the Plebeians think about what is better for their life by making them choose between being free without Caesar or slaves with Caesar. Lastly, Antony uses verse format in his speech while Brutus uses prose, which make it easier to appeal to the masses by speaking the ordinary form of the
In their speeches, both Brutus and Antony use irony to appeal to the people’s emotions and convince them of different beliefs. One example of irony in Brutus’s speech is in the lines “Who is here so vile that will not/ love his country? If any, speak—for him have I/ offended” (III, ii, 34-36). By using irony, Brutus is saying that if the plebes don't agree with him, they're not loyal to their country. However, he really means, if the plebes don't agree with Caesar’s death, they're against him which makes them the enemy in Brutus's eyes. Antony also uses verbal irony in his speech by saying “I am no orator, as Brutus is” (III, ii, 229) and calling Brutus and Cassius honorable men. All of this is ironic, because he is playing with the the audience's emotions because what Brutus and Cassius has done is not honorable according to Antony. Both Brutus and Antony use irony in their speeches to convince the audience of their beliefs but Brutus used it as a threat to make them fear being his enemy while Antony used iony to make the people emotional because of their love to Caesar. Another way in which Antony used to deliver a persuasive speech at Caesar’s funeral is anaphora or repetition. Throughout his speech, Antony repeats the fact that Brutus and the other conspirators are honorable men by saying, “For Brutus is an honorable man;/ So are they all, all honorable men” (III, ii, 91-92). By repeating this quote, Antony is telling that he is not trying to prove the conspirators wrong but he then goes on to question how ambitious Caesar really was. He says, “the noble Brutus/ hath …show more content…
When Brutus says “not that I loved Caesar less, but that i loved/ Rome more” (III, ii, 23-24), he is using pathos to appeal to the Plebeians through their love and loyalty to Rome, which can make them betray anyone, even Caesar, whom they loved. Brutus also uses rhetorical questions to address the audience including ”Had you rather Caesar were living, and/ die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all/ freemen” (III, ii, 24-26). This rhetorical question is used to make the Plebeians think about what is better for their life by making them choose between being free without Caesar or slaves with Caesar. Lastly, Antony uses verse format in his speech while Brutus uses prose, which make it easier to appeal to the masses by speaking the ordinary form of the