Mark Antony

conspirators’ exploitation of Brutus’ nobility, as well as the distortion of truth used in presenting their case to the people of Rome. Most effectively, however, Mark Antony advantageously uses these tactics to manipulate the naivety and weaknesses of each party, thus spurring the Roman people into a revolt against the conspirators. Mark Antony’s potent success can be accredited to his artful ability to discredit his opponent’s argument and justification, as well as the emotional prowess he uses to

me your ears”, the influential Mark Antony spoke to the Roman people just hours after Caesars death. Mark Antony and Brutus both spoke with conviction and purpose, a purpose to persuade their audience to ascend victorious for the cause of truth and justice against tyrants that would suppress their freedom. Neither realizing their words and actions would lead to a battlefield of hate, guilt and bloodshed. All strong and formidable leaders like Brutus and Mark Antony use psychological techniques such

Mark Antony or Marcus Brutus The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a story written by William Shakespeare. It takes you through what Julius Caesar went through and what Antony and Brutus went through after the death of Julius Caesar. The two speeches that both of these men dispensed were very powerful, but different in many different ways. Mark Antony spoke to the crowd with wisdom through the words he was speaking and Brutus spoke to the crowd with clarity, as if trying to get a point across. In Shakespeare’s

The speeches presented by Brutus and Mark Antony are meant to persuade the people of Rome to conform with their point of observation in regaurds to Caesar's death. Both speaches given use rhetorical divices in an attempt to appeal to the people of Rome. The purpose of Brutus' speech is to justify his reasons for killing Caesar. Brutus uses pathos when appealing to the people's love for Rome and convinces them using logos that Ceasar's death was for the better of Rome. Brutus' use of logos is

Mark Antony as the Genius of Julius Caesar Mark Antony - the guy is a genius.  He gives the most powerful and emotional speech ever conjured up by a human mind.  He gets this powerful emotion from the pain of the loss of his friend, Julius Caesar.  In Shakespeare's play about the ill-fated Roman ruler, a band of conspirators plot to kill Julius Caesar.  They succeed in doing so, and Caesar's best friend Antony is infuriated.  However, he manages to keep his cool, until he is allowed to speak

by William Shakespeare the character Mark Antony delivers one of the most iconic speeches in any play. After having discovered that Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators have killed Caesar, Antony is told he can speak at Caesar’s funeral but under certain terms and conditions. He can only speak good of Caesar, he can’t blame the conspirators, and he had to tell the crowds that the conspirators allowed him to speak. In the next following sections Antony delivers his speech and uses a clever

difficult yet gratifying skill. Great speeches can be inspiring, compelling, and even revolutionary – indeed, these speeches are deliberate, succinct, engaging, and unforgettable. Two examples of such great speeches in both literature and in history are Mark Antony’s eulogy in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Robert F. Kennedy’s On the Death of Martin Luther King. Through the speakers’ use of parallel structure, caesuras, and personal references – three stylistic devices and techniques – not only were both

tweet that I have composed from the perspective of Mark Antony uses pathos, logos and ethos.In the tweet, when Antony says: “You were all fooled by ‘honorable’ Brutus…”, it may make one feel belittled or angry that they allowed someone like Brutus to fool them or make them feel less intelligent, or even incapable of forming their own thoughts and opinions. One may feel guilty that they betrayed someone such as Caesar, who was made out by Antony to be dedicated to their country. Loyalty is an important

Brutus to go along with them in the killing of Caesar. Their plan followed through and there was a funeral after his killing. Antony was one of Caesar’s closest friends that offered him the crown three times, and got the privilege to speak at his funeral. Antony and Brutus both had an idea what they thought was optimal for their nation. “Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony, who, though he had no part in the killing, will benefit from his death,”

Brutus and Mark Antony, these two very different characters that share equally important roles in William Shakespeare's, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. The two characters delivered their own speech after the dictator Julius Caesar died, each having their own unique feel and meaning. Brutus' speech had an appeal to logos, and Mark Antony's speech appealed to pathos. Brutus feared that Caesar was too ambitious, and knew something had to be done. The conspirators, as well as Brutus, assassinated Caesar