Antony is a master of rhetoric, so it comes to no surprise that he was able to convince the crowd that they must kill Brutus and the rest of Caesar´s killers. To sway the crowd to his side Antony used several forms of rhetoric, and he was able to slip into their minds and convince them of what he wanted. Right off the bat Antony approached the crowd respectfully and fairly, demonstrating perfect ethos, and then he went on to try and jab at the people with emotional strategies, attempting to draw out sympathy and anger. Those two strategies may have worked just fine on their own, however, Antony uses three others; repetition, verbal irony, and one of the strongest: indirect suggestion to completely reach his goal.
One of the first strategies Antony applied in his speech was repetition, which he used to ease the crowd away from supporting Caesar´s killers. Had Antony only stated what …show more content…
Saying things like, “if I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage”(III.ii.118-119). There are two things to look out for in this sentence, by using the word if the ideal became conditional, and all the while using the word mutiny. Another example of indirect suggestion is “sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a mutiny”(III.ii.206-207). The word not is a negating word and is part of using apophasis. By saying this Antony is suggesting exactly what he’s saying, just concealing it with the word not. And again he repeated the word mutiny to press its importance into their minds. Then there’s when he says “move the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny”(III.ii.226), where he suggests one last time that they should mutiny. By using apophasis Antony was able to suggest multiple times that the crowd should rebel without them being concious of it, which won him a claim from the crowd, “We’ll
One of the first strategies Antony applied in his speech was repetition, which he used to ease the crowd away from supporting Caesar´s killers. Had Antony only stated what …show more content…
Saying things like, “if I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage”(III.ii.118-119). There are two things to look out for in this sentence, by using the word if the ideal became conditional, and all the while using the word mutiny. Another example of indirect suggestion is “sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a mutiny”(III.ii.206-207). The word not is a negating word and is part of using apophasis. By saying this Antony is suggesting exactly what he’s saying, just concealing it with the word not. And again he repeated the word mutiny to press its importance into their minds. Then there’s when he says “move the stones of Rome to rise and mutiny”(III.ii.226), where he suggests one last time that they should mutiny. By using apophasis Antony was able to suggest multiple times that the crowd should rebel without them being concious of it, which won him a claim from the crowd, “We’ll