What Are The Rhetorical Appeals In Julius Caesar's Funeral Speech

Brutus's speech was a lot different from Antony's speech since he used the appeal to logos in his speech which meant he decided to use logic and reasoning to prove his point. "...it’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"(Shakespeare). This quote from the play made by Brutus was a clear example of how he chose to rely on logic rather than emotions as protecting Rome rather than his friend is more of a logical appeal. "Would you rather that Caesar were living and we would all go to our graves as slaves, or that Caesar were dead and we all lived as free men?(Shakespeare)". This quote explains that Brutus is trying to show everybody that it is logical to think to get rid

The year was 44 B.C, when a group of Senators, feeling lowly, decided to murder the renowned almost-emperor , Julius Caesar. The motive behind this act of violence? Caesar’s prideful and ambitious nature. Immediately following the horrid act, two men gave vastly different funeral speeches. One, Marcus Brutus, used logic and charisma or logos and ethos, while the other, Marcus Antony, relied on the emotions of the people or pathos. Antony’s speech was also filled with rhetorical devices such as paralypsis and rhetorical questions. Brutus’ speech may have been more effective towards intellectuals; however, Antony’s speech resonated more with the general.

When Antony says, “ My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it comes back to me”(Shakespeare) he wants the citizens to believe that Caesar was a noble and trustworthy man. This makes the citizens question Brutus when he said, “ Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may be the better judge… not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more (Shakespeare)”. Brutus underestimated how powerful of a speech that Antony was able to deliver without breaking his

Brutus and Antony both give a speech at Caesar’s funeral. They both explain that Caesar was an honorable man but he died for the good of Rome. They also try to get the people to trust, believe and follow them. They use a lot of different strategies. For instance, they use pathos, rhetorical question and logos to make their speech more appealing.

Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, contained a scene in which Mark Antony, one of Caesar’s closest friends, gave a rousing speech at Caesar’s funeral. The speech was made to convince the common people to be on Antony’s side and attack the conspirators. While the common people were, at first, Brutus’ allies, Antony was able to persuade them to work with him instead. There were many rhetorical devices that Antony used to help convince the peasants to be his allies. This speech was convincing because Antony employed Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, the three main rhetorical devices.

Throughout the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to articulate the points of many characters. More explicitly the use of different rhetorical strategies can be seen after the death of Caesar. Preceding Caesar's death speeches were given by Mark Antony and Brutus. In these speeches Brutus tried to justify Ceaser death with vague answers, while Mark Antony came to the support of Caesar and questioned why he really had to die. Brutus and Mark Antony's use of logos, pathos and ethos, allowed them both to give effective speeches. Although Brutus gave a strong speech, Mark Antony exceptional use of pathos and ethos provided him a slight edge over Brutus.

One of the most arbitrary, but compelling bonds formed in society is that which is formed during communication involving an exchange of information. Almost all knowledge, behaviour, or emotion can be traced to, or is derived from some sort of network that connects a sender to a receiver. This relationship often provokes action as a result of how the information is conveyed by the informant. The aforementioned analogy applies inextricably to this bond in that the bias present in the delivery of information inclines the recipient to view the information similar to the sender, rather than impartially. Four devices in particular can be attributed to the persuasiveness of the bias in the information. When evaluating Julius Caesar 's funeral speeches, this is especially pertinent. Antony was the most influential rhetorician because of his ability to exploit the crowd’s emotions surrounding the assassination of Caesar, and how he was able to effectively leverage his position as a close friend of Caesar; Brutus was more balanced and consistent in his use of rhetorical devices. While Brutus’s oration was convincing, it was undermined by Antony’s onslaught of examples which damaged Brutus’s credibility, and gave him a decisive authority over the crowd.

The most predominate and important aspect In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare are the speeches given to the Roman citizens by Brutus and Antony, the two main charaters, following the death of Caesar. Brutus and Antony both spoke to the crowd,using the same rhetorical devices to express their thoughts. Both speakers used the three classical appeals employed in the speeches: ethos, which is an appeal to credibility; pathos, which is an appeal to the emotion of the audience; and logos, which is an appeal to the content and arrangement of the argument itself. Even though both speeches have the same structure Antony’s speech is significantly more effective than Brutus’s.

In William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, two speeches are given to the people of Rome about Caesar's death. In Act 3, Scene 2 of this play Brutus and Antony both try to sway the minds of the Romans toward their views. Brutus tried to make the people believe he killed Caesar for a noble cause. Antony tried to persuade the people that the conspirators committed an act of brutality toward Caesar and were traitors. The effectiveness and ineffectiveness of both Antony's and Brutus's speech to the people are conveyed through tone and rhetorical devices.

In the tragic play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar, is stabbed to death by some of his so-called friends. Brutus, one of Caesar's best friends, is approached by some of the other senators to join the conspiracy to kill Caesar. Brutus weighs his options and decides to join the conspirators for the good of Rome. At Caesars's funeral, Brutus gives a speech to convince the citizens that the conspirators were right to kill Caesar. In contrast, Antony gives a speech to convince the Romans that there was no real reason to kill Caesar. Both characters try to persuade the audience, but they achieve different tones using literary and rhetorical devices. The tone of Brutus' speech is prideful, while the tone of Antony's speech is dramatic and inflammatory.

Cassius, Brutus, and Antony use rhetoric successfully in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, albeit each differently and for different causes. Each of these men uses his skills in rhetoric to convince each other and at some points the entire population of Rome to follow his beliefs. However, each of these men has different motivations to do so, as well as different characteristics and general worldviews.

    The play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare in 1599, is about the murder of Julius Caesar, a great Roman general who conjured many lands, and helped to form the Great Empire that we read about today. Caesar was to be crowned king of Rome, but he was savagely murdered by a group of conspirators before he received the crown. After Caesar's brutal murder, Brutus a very honourable Roman, who helped in in Caesar's death, and Mark Antony, one of Caesar's closest friends, gave speeches at Caesar's funeral, trying to convince the crowd to agree with them and turn against the other. Brutus and Antony both made convincing speeches, but Antony came out on top, because Antony let the people make up their own mind, by appealing to their emotions.

Brutus possesses many ideals and mannerisms that make him the tragic hero in William Shakespeare’s tragedy. To begin with, Brutus has a deep sense of love for his city, and concerns himself with its well-being. His concern for Rome is actually what causes him to backstab Caesar. He worries that he is too arrogant to be an adequate leader, “I do fear the people/ Choose Caesar for their king.” (Shakespeare I.ii. 85-86). Secondly, Brutus has an undying moral compass that navigates him on his integrity driven choices. Brutus thinks long and hard before he joins the conspirators, and wonders whether or not it is the right choice and questions his choices, “Into what dangers would you lead me…/ That you would have me seek into myself/ For which is not in me?” (Shakespeare I.ii. 69-71). His strong beliefs are what ultimately convince him to join the conspirators, for the good of Rome. Also, Brutus believes in equality and respect. He gives a speech to the public because he feels they deserve to know the reason why Caesar dies, ‘And, waving our red weapons o’er our heads,/ Let’s all cry “Peace, freedom, and liberty!”’. (Shakespeare III.i. 121-122). This heroic quality is one of the things that drives him to be a good leader, and a good person as well. As much as these traits lead us to believe

In Julius Caesar, the conspirators, after stabbing Caesar to death, have a funeral for him. Brutus, one of the main conspirators is the first to speak and succeeds in bringing the horrified and heartbroken crowd to the side of the conspirators with his stunning use of rhetoric, he is the main damage control specialist. One technique is his use of pathos (or emotional appeal) he states that he did not stab Caesar because he “loved [him] less, but that [he] loved Rome more” (3.2.23-24). This is to show the people that what he did was not in malice or hate, but for them. It is effective because he says that Caesar was his good friend, but Rome could not bear