In the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare was able to show how rhetorical devices are able to persuade an audience. In Shakespeare’s play, Mark Antony, who was loyal to Caesar, delivered a speech to Romans that supported Brutus after the funeral of Caesar. The speech conveyed why Caesar was a loyal Roman. By depending on expressing emotions, usage of diction, and logic of the argument, Antony persuades the Roman citizens that Caesar had more loyalty than Brutus.
Throughout his speech, Antony appeals to the audience’s emotions to persuade the audience that Caesar was a virtuous leader who did not deserve a premature death. He begins using appeals of emotion by building up Caesar’s character to show compassion to the audience. Mark brings up how “when the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” to explain to the citizens that Caesar cared for everyone and how he saw himself as no better than everyone else(III. II. 19). By describing Caesar’s compassion, Mark is able to persuade the audience about how Caesar is a prominent leader. Antony also indicated emotions of sorrow to strike compassion in the citizen’s hearts. He establishes his love for Caesar by declaiming how his “heart is in the coffin there with Caesar” to express the amount of sorrow he …show more content…
He is able to describe the rage of the residents with the style of diction used. He explains how he would “stir [their] hearts and minds to mutiny and rage” to, in detail, show how angry citizens were because of Julius(III. II. 40). He later talks about Julius’ will and how “it will inflame [them] to describe how the people will react(III. II. 61). The diction used in the speech is able to display exactly how the townspeople will react. His denotative diction helps the audience understand that Antony knows their reactions to the situation of Caesar's death, and helps Antony with his persuasion because he knows how the people
Throughout his speech, Antony appeals to the audience’s emotions to persuade the audience that Caesar was a virtuous leader who did not deserve a premature death. He begins using appeals of emotion by building up Caesar’s character to show compassion to the audience. Mark brings up how “when the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” to explain to the citizens that Caesar cared for everyone and how he saw himself as no better than everyone else(III. II. 19). By describing Caesar’s compassion, Mark is able to persuade the audience about how Caesar is a prominent leader. Antony also indicated emotions of sorrow to strike compassion in the citizen’s hearts. He establishes his love for Caesar by declaiming how his “heart is in the coffin there with Caesar” to express the amount of sorrow he …show more content…
He is able to describe the rage of the residents with the style of diction used. He explains how he would “stir [their] hearts and minds to mutiny and rage” to, in detail, show how angry citizens were because of Julius(III. II. 40). He later talks about Julius’ will and how “it will inflame [them] to describe how the people will react(III. II. 61). The diction used in the speech is able to display exactly how the townspeople will react. His denotative diction helps the audience understand that Antony knows their reactions to the situation of Caesar's death, and helps Antony with his persuasion because he knows how the people