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    Mark Antony’s use of rhetorical devices helped turn the crowd against the conspirators in multiple ways in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Mark Antony was Caesar’s best friend and right hand man. Caesar was killed by the conspirators because they thought he was ambitious and was trying to take all the power and become king. The conspirators gave Antony specific rules for what he could and could not say when he gave his speech at Caesar’s funeral. Mark Antony’s use of motifs, personality

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    Mark Antony Rhetorical Analysis “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,/ And I must pause till it come back to me.” (111.ii.106-107). Antony is trying to get the people to feel sad about Caesar's death. In his speech to Roman citizens at Caesar’s funeral, Mark Antony used diction, sarcasm, and foreshadow, to convince his audience that Caesar should not have been killed and that the conspirators should be abolished. Diction can be the perfect way to persuade and control people. When Mark Antony

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    Between the funeral speech of Brutus and that of Antony, Antony’s speech asserted his argument the strongest. Throughout his speech, Mark Antony uses the rhetorical device of satire in order to strongly push forth his claim. After Caesar, a friend he highly values and honors, is killed by the conspirators, Antony becomes saddened and vengeful. Consequently, he manipulates these conspirators to allow him to speak at Caesar’s funeral, in which they agree to let him do so, as long as he goes after Brutus’

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    Both Brutus's and Mark Antony's speeches are compelling, and play a very important roll in the plot of the very famous play by William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. This play was based on the actual story of Julius Caesars death. Here we will compare and contrast their speeches, and look at some of the effects they had on the plot of the story. Firstly we will talk about Brutus's speech, since it came first. When Brutus gives his speech, he appeals to logos, a more logical

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    most influential speeches known to man, Mark Antony’s funeral speech. Political and historical figure, Mark Antony, speaks at Julius Caesar’s funeral after his dear friend’s assassination. The subject of the speech entails how praiseworthy a leader Caesar was and the level of respect and admiration he had for the plebeians and the patricians of Rome. Persuading the citizens of Rome against the conspirators is Mark Antony’s purpose for this oration. Antony embraces an ironic and sarcastic tone

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    Mark Antony’s use of emotional rhetoric to sway the plebeians against the conspirators proves far more powerful than the logical rhetoric of stoic philosophy used by Brutus. When Mark Antony is given time to speak, he is faced by a hostile audience that believes whole heartedly in the words of Brutus. Mark Antony starts by saying he has come to bury his friend Caesar, not to praise him. He is trying to assure the Romans that he is on their side, and begins to indicate that he will ignore all of the

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    Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius) Prior to Caesar’s death Mark Antony was his staff officer and later co-consul, serving as a great ally to Caesar in life and a kind of okay friend in death. During his life Mark Antony was a politician and general, serving as a tribune in the senate, a co-consul with Caesar, and then part of the triumvirate with Octavian. However, Mark did some shadier things throughout his later life such as his affair. It is inarguable with all of the things he did that he played

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    Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon by Rachael Kelly, is a pathbreaking analysis of how Antony (the pop culture icon, hopeless lover and drunkard) differs so substantially from Antonius (the historical figure, esteemed general and statesman). Kelly successfully lays out—with great quality and depth—how the mythology itself performs a deeper socio-cultural function. In order to further examine and engage with this idea, this informative and original study employs

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    How Is Mark Antony Loyal

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    how Mark antony is loyal to Caesar. This quote is referring to Antony saying i'm sorry Caesar this isn't my fault he had nothing to do with it. Mark Antony is very loyal to Caesar because when Antony was giving his speech at the funeral Brutus and Cassius said not to say it was them that killed Caesar that they did it for a good reason to help out Rome, but Antony has the crowd on his side because he speaks up to caesar saying that he's is a good man and took care of everyone. Mark Antony was a

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    Brutus and Mark Antony both delivered speeches after the death of Julius Caesar, trying to sway the minds of the Romans toward their views. The monologues reveal the speaker's traits. The speeches were contrasting in style but similar in their attempts to win the Romans support. First, considering the way Brutus and Mark Antony began their speech, shows the difference between their attempts. Brutus started off "Romans, countrymen, and lovers!" He said Romans first because that was how he

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