Caesar

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar No matter what the circumstances, people always look for someone to blame. Caesar’s murder results in the plebeians needing to blame someone for what happened. Despite Brutus’s honor and respect among the Romans, Antony gave the more convincing speech at Caesar’s funeral by having an emotional impact on the Romans, therefore proving to them that the conspirators committed an injustice to Rome. Brutus first speaks at Caesar’s funeral with the goal of justifying his…

Before being crowned king Julius Caesar was killed by Brutus and his conspirators and then, Brutus allows Antony, one of Caesar’s closest friends give a speech after him to all the people. Brutus states that he had killed Caesar because he loved Rome more, that if Caesar was still alive that the people of Rome would die slaves and that they wouldn’t be free men if he were still alive. He also says that if anyone spoke for Caesar they were rude and not a Roman. Brutus also says that Antony…

himself, trying to decide which course of action is the best. Should he opt to kill Caesar or should he stay loyal to his friend? Brutus says, “It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general.” (II,i,10-12). Brutus knows that Caesar has done nothing to wrong him, but Brutus thinks that if the public feels that they were in some way at risk because of Caesar, action should be necessary. Later in the evening, Brutus receives a message he…

Julius Caesar, a former leader of Roman empire, and Abraham Lincoln, former president of the United States, are two different men, but the similarities between the two outweigh the differences. Both former leaders were not only both assassinated at the age of 65, by someone who was concerned about the power and authority they had in the United States and Rome over their people, but both also had forewarnings preceding their deaths. Abraham Lincoln and Julius Caesar are undeniably two of the…

of Julius Caesar, makes it seem like Caesar is the tragic hero but that is not true. In William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar is a political leader in Rome who hopes to become dictator but he is warned that he must “beware the Ides of March.” The prophecy comes true and Caesar is assassinated because of Cassius and Brutus’ conspiracy. Mark Antony, Julius Caesar’s friend, gives a funeral speech revealing the people who were involved in forming the conspiracy and assassinating Caesar for fear…

a world where you have to decide if it was just or not. Imagine a world where your empire has just been split in half and is on the brink of destruction. In the play “The tragedy of Julius Caesar” Brutus has just killed the romans leader Caesar and Brutus is trying to convince the commoners that killing Caesar was just. In the play Brutus and Antony both have speeches that are similar and different in Ethos (credibility) , Logos (logic) ,and Pathos (appeal to emotion). The speeches…

When people are in distress, they believe almost anything said to them, in an effort to ease their uncertainty. Shakespeare depicts the crowd believing anything they are told, because they want clarity. William Shakespeare writes the play Julius Caesar to prove how easy it is for people to switch sides and be persuaded, especially in times of distress and panic. William Shakespeare introduces Flavius and Murellus in the beginning of the play to represents how easy it is to manipulate the…

Rome in Panic: Mark Antony’s Rhetorical Response Within William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the character Mark Antony uses a plethora of rhetoric devices to persuade the crowd towards his way of thinking. These devices include sarcasm, logical thinking, and crying to emit a sense of emotion appeal. William Shakespeare uses different rhetorical modes inside each section of Mark Antony’s speech, which includes: Logos, Logos with Ethos, and Pathos during section 1, Ethos and Ethos with Pathos…

reading excerpts from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, write an essay that compares Brutus’ speech with Marc Antony’s speech and argues the effectiveness of the rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos) used in each. Be sure to support your position with evidence from the texts. In Julius Caesar, Julius was assassinated by conspirators because people were afraid of letting Caesar have too much power because he would become evil (power go to his head). Julius Caesar was an important…

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III.ii.72-73). After the ¬¬¬distressing assassination of the Roman general, Julius Caesar, two politicians, Marc Antony and Marcus Brutus, come to persuade the Roman crowd that their position on his death is the correct one. They each emphasize their positional differences by using rhetorical strategies that refer to logic, credibility, and emotional appeal. While Brutus may have stronger analytical…