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    project. In Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony uses strong speech making techniques to persuade the audience of his claim. Antony was a friend of Julius Caesar’s and speaks at his funeral. Brutus, another noble man like Antony, talks before him and causes the audience of Plebeians to believe that Caesar was a bad ruler and an unambitious man. Brutus claims that he believed he was helping his country by helping to kill Caesar. Mark Antony involves the use of repetition and irony to reverse

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    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

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    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

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    main characters consist of Brutus and Mark Antony. Both characters give persuasive speeches about how one thought Caesar was a tyrant and how the other explained how Caesar only wanted what's best for the people. The main purpose of both of the speeches we're to get the people of Rome on their side. In Shakespeare's tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony delivers a more effective rhetorical speech through his use of ethos,logos,and pathos. Although Mark Antony won the argument over Brutus one of the

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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