Mark Antony

know, means “and you, Brutus?” or “you, too, Brutus?” In this essay I will be speaking on how I believe that Mark Antony had a better speech than Brutus, there are many reasons why, and I will go into greater detail in them, but for now, one of the main ideas on why it is a greater speech, which is the attention and response that he got from the crowd. One of the many reasons on why Antony had the greater speech compared to Brutus was how he did all he needed to do in the binds of…

war for the throne. But in the play the antagonist, Mark Antony, and the protagonist, Marcus Brutus, both make a speech after the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus spoke first and said great things about Caesar. Antony spoke and disagreed with what Brutus had to say and said that he was not a great ruler; but, a great man. During this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting the speeches of Brutus and Mark Antony. The speeches of Mark Antony and Brutus are different and similar, but we…

enjoy. Since the conspirators decision to kill Caesar, Rome has been in a frantic spiral that seems to not be going away. Given that Caesar is dead, there is no set leader. So two men are competing for the position of leading Rome; Brutus and Mark Antony. They both gave speeches at Caesar 's funeral to get the people of Rome 's…

In his speech, Marc Antony argues that Brutus' statement that Caesar was ambitious is wrong, while Brutus argues that Caesar was ambitious and power-hungry. Marc Antony appeals to the pulpit by using a past occurrence to give them a reason and an example as to why they should believe him. "When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:/ Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:" (19-20 IIIii). Marc Antony uses this point to get the crowd to understand that Caesar was too emotional and had too…

There is a multitude of speeches within Julius Caesar, but none are quite as memorable as that of Brutus’ and Mark Antony’s respective funeral speeches. Taking place in 44BC, “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare tells the tale of Julius Caesar’s assassination at the hands of some of his most trusted friends and the resulting civil war that nearly tore Rome apart. These speeches, made to sway the minds of the Roman people, were given after the slaying of Julius Caesar at his…

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Brutus and Marc Antony are giving speeches over the death of Julius Caesar to the townspeople of Rome. Within the speeches given about why Caesar’s death was right or wrong, both speakers used credibility, logic, and emotion to prove their reasoning. During Brutus’s speech he was trying to appeal to the patriots and show that Caesar's death was for the best of the empire. As Brutus says, for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, he’s referring to himself…

In forty-five B.C., a man named Mark Antony stood at the entrance of the Roman Politician’s, Marcus Brutus, villa. The two men arranged a meeting several months ago, and now, after Mark Antony finally returned to Rome after travelling abroad, he was prepared to consult with Brutus. Anthony glanced inside the villa. To his surprise, Brutus was walking towards him. “Mark Antony!” Brutus bellowed. “It has been awhile, has it not?” Antony was still disconcerted that he was greeted by the owner of…

What is the most significant complication when people judge before something occurs? Death, according to William Shakespeare. In Act 3 there are two speeches given, one by Decius Brutus and the other by Mark Antony. These two funeral speeches in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare are similar in organization although differ in the message. To begin, William Shakespeare is creative in differing the positions where the men stand during the funeral speeches. Brutus stands above…

Conspirators, killed Caesar out of their love for Rome. Mark Antony was Caesar's best friend and when he learned about Caesar's death he was very sullen. Antony vowed to get revenge, and he used pathos and logos to convince his audience that Caesar was killed out of spite. Pathos and logos are two of the rhetorical devices used my Mark Antony in his eulogy to Caesar. Antony uses pathos to connect to the emotional side of the audience. Mark Antony was very disconsolate when he learned about the…

Brutus and Mark Antony were both good friends of Julius Caesar, so both of them gave speeches when Caesar died. Their speeches were similar, but very different, and they used their time to influence the audience, therefore impacting the plot. Brutus was one of the conspirators who assisted in killing Caesar, while Mark Antony was Caesar's right hand man. They both wanted the best for Rome, but had different views of what that was. First, let's look at Brutus' speech. He first claimed that…