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Rhetorical Analysis of Marc Antony’s Funeral Speech Marc Antony’s speech at the funeral of Julius Caesar is widely regarded as one of the pivotal moments in Shakespeare’s play, “Julius Caesar”. Antony uses this opportunity to sway the crowd against the conspirators of Caesar’s assassination, and undermine Brutus without directly appearing to do so. Shakespeare uses the rhetorical devices repetition, pathos, irony, and diction to achieve such a momentous effect on both characters of the play, and…

In Rome, eventually a lot of people if not the whole senate started to become angry because of the idea that the rule of Caesar was becoming something permanent. An idea was created to get rid of Caesar. This idea was created in hopes of restoring the government to the Senate. Those who came up with the idea had hope that with Caesar's death, government would be restored to its old republican form and all of the factors that had created a Caesar would go away. The idea grew stronger with Caesar…

A piece of clay is easily manipulated to suit the desires of the potter producing stunning pots of intricate design and color. However, poor usage and insufficient thought contributes to a failed creation. Similar to that is the characteristics of being easily manipulated. With improper intentions, manipulation can control someone to do horrible things that seem good on the outside. In William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus is the tragic hero who has the flaw of…

Julius Caesar, the “dictator for life” of the Roman Empire, was murdered on March 15th 44BC, in the Pompey’s Theatre by his very own senators, during one of their meetings. Julius was planning on leaving Rome to fight in the war on March 18th. He had planned to have some of the most loyal members in the army to rule the empire while he was gone, and Cassius and his brother-in-law Marcus were both very angry to take orders form Caesar’s inferior followers. Unfortunately, Caesar would’ve still…

After the death of Caesar, Brutus and Mark Antony need to address the city of Rome. Brutus discusses with Mark Antony their plan to go about speaking to the Roman people. Brutus addresses the crowd first with two main goals in mind. To justify what he did and explain how this will benefit Rome. Antony has the advantage of going after Brutus speech and cut the limbs of his argument. In Brutus’s speech, he speaks from the heart. It’s not that his speech was a fail, it’s just that his honesty and…

Julius Caesar: a man of Rome; one who seeked power and glory from an early age who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. Eventually he would get what he wanted, but for a certain cost. However, his decisions as he rose to the top would also be his downfall and later, his demise. At a young age Caesar was trusted with many responsibilities. In 85 BC, at the age of 16, Caesar's father passed away, thrusting him into the head of the family. Along with being the head of his household he was…

The play Julius Caesar is ultimately about lost morality in the political world. Shakespeare uses his characters to portray politicians that are cunning and brutal, much like the politicians of today. For instance, in our political world today the presidential candidates hope to see their competitors fail. this practice can be observed in the play after the death of Caesar when Antony and Brutus give their speeches. Brutus speaks his reason for assassinating Caesar, and then Antony used…

The Fall of the Roman Republic was tragic but there's not just one specific person or reason for the fall. One of the main reasons that people think caused the Fall of Rome was that the Roman constitution was not ready for a larger expanded pass romanian waters. Other reasons are Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, the Tribes, and the king that was the king after the fall Julius Caesar. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus was a fundamentalist he thought out everything but his reputation did not start till he…

A Juryman asked Mr. Smith if he had any other theories. Mr. Smith stated that he could provide other technical opinions, but they were pure surmise and taken on the whole he was in favour of the backfiring theory. In summing up the evidence presented, the Coroner addressed the Jury stating that he was sure they would all endorse Mr. Smith’s remarks at the loss of Lieutenant Busk. Edward Busk was well known in his profession and had done good work for the country, and at such a time could be…

Casca and the others wants Brutus's help in their plot to turn everyone against, and to assassinate, Caesar. They want Brutus on their side because he is extremely well known and is very well respected. Brutus is also very powerful, trustworthy and has lots of followers. This could help their conspiracy tremendously because if Brutus takes sides with them then so will everyone else who believes and has trust in Brutus. Casca and the others are not as well known as Brutus so his taking of sides…