The Power Of Words In Julius Caesar

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That power of words is evidenced throughout all the writing of Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar”. Words have the ability to convince anyone to do anything. They have the ability to produce an effect using words in a convincing or provocative manner to produce the desired effect or reaction. For example, in the play Cassius persuades Brutus to turn against his best friend Caesar, Decius reinterprets Calpurnia's dream that leads Caesar to his fate, and Antony convinces the crowd of plebeians to turn against the “honorable” Brutus.

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