Ann Nguyen Mrs. Romaguera English 2- Period G 13 October 2015 A Fight to the Finish Two men battle with words to claim the hearts of the people of Rome. In Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Brutus and Antony address the people over Caesar’s dead body. The body is brought to the town square shortly after he was murdered by the Senate. Brutus, one of the murderers, appeals to the people’s fear and patriotism. Antony speaks after and puts doubts of the justification of the murder and plays to the people’s hearts. Brutus addresses the crowd by using his reputation to support his reasons for killing Caesar. He starts his speech with, “Romans, countrymen, and friends!” (III.ii.13-14). He calls them this saying that he has honor and …show more content…
Brutus delivers his speech from the podium in the square. He remains elevated above the people almost as if he is reminding them that he is one of the leaders of Rome, and would never do anything against his country. He must convince them that what he did, in killing the beloved Caesar, he did for all of them. Antony addresses the crowd by using Brutus’ words and actions against his explanation, by citing Caesars actions and deeds to appeal to the crowd’s heart. Brutus states in his speech that Caesar is ambitious and “his ambition-for that, I killed him.” (III.ii.25-26). Antony disproves that Caesar is ambitious by using many facts. For example, after sharing that Caesar “was my friend [and] faithful just to me.” (III.ii.83), he lists many things that Caesar did. Some facts he uses to disprove Brutus include, “He brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city. When the poor cried, Caesar cried too. I offered him the king’s crown three times, and he refused it three times. Is this the work of an ambitious man?” (III.ii.87-88). During his speech, Antony asks the crowds permission to step down and join them in the street. He doesn 't use his position in the Senate to stand above them, but rather he reminds them that he is one of them. A Roman citizen. Antony also describes Brutus as “an honorable man” (III.ii.80), but are these the actions of a man who
So, to summarize the first paragraph, Brutus' speech showed his motivations rooted in his love for Rome and his belief that Caesar's desire was a danger to the republic. Through his words, he expresses both sorrow for Caesar's death and admiration for his positive
Appealing to the ego of his fellow Roman citizens Brutus begins his speech by making a show of telling them they are wise, and then, appealing to their rationality, that they are now to be judges. Defending his actions, he tells them that he loved Caesar but that he loves Rome more: that Caesar was an ambitious ruler and a threat to Rome. Brutus would rather see the people of Rome free than be slaves under Caesar. The crowd is calmed down.
First, both Brutus and Antony use persuasion by manipulating syntax to make the audience relate to and accept certain personas so that they would see the death of Caesar from each speaker’s point of view. When Brutus addresses the Roman crowd to explain why he and the other conspirators killed Julius Caesar, he states, “Romans, countrymen, and lovers!” (line 24). He uses parallel structure to emphasize the persona that he wants the people to take on. He puts “Romans” first in his list because Rome is the most important thing to him, and he wants the people to
Brutus's speech was ineffective in giving them reasons for Caesar's ambition. This gave Antony a large gap to turn the people against Brutus. Brutus told the people to believe him for his honor , and to respect him for his honor, so that they may believe. He is telling them to believe him for his honor and not for the reasons he gives. Brutus repeated many times that Caesar was ambitious but never once said how or why. This left the people with a question in their mind.
Brutus describes how he is willing to die for the greater good of Rome, which he uses to conclude his speech, which wins the people's hearts over.
Brutus' speech show that his loyalty is given first to Rome then to his close friends. He is justifying the death of Julius Caesar.
He is saying that if they think he has done wrong, they will let him kill himself for the good of Rome. All of the Pathos repeatedly used in Brutus’s speech is very effective because after the killing of their leader they are very
The ethos of Brutus' speech, or his credibility, is that he is smart, honorable, and a friend of Caesar's. He even stated this almost directly while speaking at the funeral. His words were, "Hear me for my cause...Believe me for mine honor, and have respect for mine honor that you may believe"(III:ii:13-15). Antony supports Brutus' statement, talking highly of Brutus , "The noble Brutus" and "Brutus is an honorable man"(III:ii:75,80). The game changer in this scene is the fact he used the "honorable man" to turn Rome against Brutus, or at least it surely sounds like it.
“Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different.” – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. What does circumstantial evidence have to do with a speech, you may ask? In a manner of speaking, everything, for the evidence maketh the speech. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, a long-winded Marc Antony had the wiles to manipulate a large plebian crowd to mutiny during Caesar’s funeral, using only simple words that were cleverly twisted to prove his point. Before humans learned the concept of applying “reasonable doubt” to each and every scenario, Antony had a surefire way of winning over the citizens. But as we evolved and have become more knowledgeable, a speech like that would evoke demanding yells of, “Where’s the proof?” As the gaping holes of logic are made clear in Antony’s funeral oration, we begin to see what sorts of artifices made his speech so cunning; its use of circumstantial evidence applied in the correct context, its largely emotional pleas, and its desperate engagement of the citizens by telling them what they want to hear. In this way, Marc Antony is nothing more than a demagogue, and his respective speech is nothing more than a series of words that subject the plebian crowd to sheer demagoguery.
Similarly, Brutus And Mark Antony, who were very close to Caesar, both gave speeches at the funeral following Caesar's assassination. The speeches were given in Act 3, Scene II of the play. During the entirety of the speeches, both Brutus and Mark Antony shared their feelings towards Caesar with the audience, telling how they had much love for him. They both used appeals to win over the audience in order to have them on each of their sides. For example, Mark Antony greeted the people with respect to gain their trust and their ears, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears...". Brutus had a goal to persuade the people that Caesar's assassination was for
Once Brutus and Cassius kill Caesar, another leader named Mark Antony speaks to the public about the murder. The good Brutus lets him speak, provided that he frame Caesar as a dangerous tyrant. Antony disobeys and enrages the public with his speech, arguing that Caesar was unjustly killed by this band of jealous, greedy politicians
In his soliloquy, Antony praised Caesar’s great personality but at the same time, he would keep saying positive things about Brutus. An example is when he says, “He was my friend, faithful and just to me; / But Brutus says he was ambitious, / And Brutus is an honorable man.” (3.2.85-87). The way in which he spoke and by telling the citizens the context of Caesar’s will, turned the mob against Brutus and the rest of the conspirators. The anger possessed by the countrymen can be shown when a plebeian says, “Most noble Caesar! We’ll revenge his death!” (2.2.244). This betrayal by Antony caused Brutus to break off their friendship.
Before focusing on the actual speech, it is important to note how Brutus addresses the plebeians as he addresses them from the pulpit during the entire speech. The pulpit is a platform which elevates Brutus from the plebeians, placing him in a position of authority. This can be seen when the Third Citizen exclaims “The noble Brutus is ascended: silence!” (III, II, 1544). He remains in the pulpit during the entire speech and only descends from it when he departs. Thus Brutus remains detached from the commoners of Rome
Brutus starts his speech standing away from the people and at a higher level, maybe giving off a vibe that he is more important than the Romans, or even afraid. Greeting the crowd in a very formal way, Brutus called them Romanś and countrymen (Act Ⅲ Scene 2 lines 12,13). The rest of his speech follows in the formal way as he uses very little emotion and tries to manipulate the crowd by giving them options and questioning them. Brutus
Brutus’s speech was formal and was very direct to the Romans. In his introduction, he starts with, “Romans, countrymen, and lovers!” Act III, scene ii, lines 12-13. He used these words to join everyone together and later help justify Caesar’s death. Throughout his speech he describes Caesar as an “ambitious” man Act III, scene ii, line 27.