In Act III, Scene 2 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony turned a crowd of mourning citizens to an angry mob. Antony turned this crowd into an angry mob through multiple persuasive devices. Brutus and the other conspirators thought they were killing Caesar for the good of Rome, but Antony and other ideas. He wanted to discreetly show the crowd of Romans who the conspirators actually were to him, a group of murderers. In order to persuade the people to not have sympathy for the Conspirators, Antony showed them Caesar’s will, repetitively said the word “honorable”, and showed them Caesar’s body.
Mark Antony used the persuasive trick of showing the town people Caesar’s body to get them on the same side. He knew that the people had now …show more content…
Visual persuasion so far has helped Antony along well, but now adding verbal will only help him more by the end of this tragedy. By constantly repeating the word “honorable” , he was able to get the Romans to turn to an angry mob. He first used this type of persuasion in the beginning of his funeral speech. “For Brutus is an honorable man; So are they all, all honorable men” (3.2). By saying this, the phrase almost comes off as a question. Antony is saying since Brutus is an honorable man, does that make the rest of the men honorable as well? It's almost as if he is making the people question themselves if they can trust Brutus and the conspirators or not. Antony also brings up the repetition of the word “honorable” while talking about being raged about the actions of the conspirators, “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who, you all know, are honorable men: I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men” (3.2). Throughout this part of his funeral speech, Antony is now throwing the word honorable around like it is a word that is used on anyone. He is saying that he should do something to Brutus and Cassius for killing Caesar, but they are honorable men so he will not. By doing this, Antony is showing the people that what Brutus and …show more content…
Knowing he had to sway the crowd to believe his opinion, Antony had to discreetly show the crowd that conspirators were not heroes, but murderers. Using different forms of persuasion, Antony was able to achieve his goal of turing the sympathy to people now had for Brutus, over the Caesar once again. In order to persuade the people to not have sympathy for the Conspirators, Antony showed them Caesar’s will, repetitively said the word “honorable”, and showed them Caesar’s
Mark Antony used the persuasive trick of showing the town people Caesar’s body to get them on the same side. He knew that the people had now …show more content…
Visual persuasion so far has helped Antony along well, but now adding verbal will only help him more by the end of this tragedy. By constantly repeating the word “honorable” , he was able to get the Romans to turn to an angry mob. He first used this type of persuasion in the beginning of his funeral speech. “For Brutus is an honorable man; So are they all, all honorable men” (3.2). By saying this, the phrase almost comes off as a question. Antony is saying since Brutus is an honorable man, does that make the rest of the men honorable as well? It's almost as if he is making the people question themselves if they can trust Brutus and the conspirators or not. Antony also brings up the repetition of the word “honorable” while talking about being raged about the actions of the conspirators, “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who, you all know, are honorable men: I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men” (3.2). Throughout this part of his funeral speech, Antony is now throwing the word honorable around like it is a word that is used on anyone. He is saying that he should do something to Brutus and Cassius for killing Caesar, but they are honorable men so he will not. By doing this, Antony is showing the people that what Brutus and …show more content…
Knowing he had to sway the crowd to believe his opinion, Antony had to discreetly show the crowd that conspirators were not heroes, but murderers. Using different forms of persuasion, Antony was able to achieve his goal of turing the sympathy to people now had for Brutus, over the Caesar once again. In order to persuade the people to not have sympathy for the Conspirators, Antony showed them Caesar’s will, repetitively said the word “honorable”, and showed them Caesar’s