What Are The Rhetorical Devices In Mark Antony's Speech

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Mark Antony was a very known man and was respected by Julius Caesar. His name in Roman is Marcus Antonius but in English its Mark Antony. Antony was a man who never gave up and was a rebel when he needed to. Mark Antony was basically a weasel. He knew how to get around problems by manipulating people. Overall Mark Antony was the one to express himself the best in his speech, through his use of Repetition, Rhetorical Questions, and Parallel Structure.
Throughout the speech, Mark Antony used a lot of repetition because he kept repeating some lines over and over. This repetition of the phrase, 'Brutus is an honourable man' is a rhetorical device. Antony is being sarcastic when he says it. This has an impact on the crowd, as they listen to Antony

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