Comparing Brutus And Antony's Speeches In Julius Caesar

SPEECHES: Brutus vs Antony
Julius Caesar: Act 3, Scene 2
Caesar’s funeral is a key point in the play and is dominated by long speeches by Brutus and Antony. Because the speeches are long and challenging, it is best to view, re-view, read, and analyze.

Paraphrasing - Brutus’ Speech
THROUGHout the course of brutus’ speech, he makes it known that he didn’t not love caesar but that he loved rome greater than he loved caesar. This shows that brutus has great intellect to balance the rights of the many (the people of rome) over the rights of the few (Caesar). Brutus also makes sure that it is known that as caesar grew in ambition (or as shakespeare may have rathered it be interpreted as overconfidence/arrogance) that he became a greater threat to the wellbeing of the people and sovereign state of rome.

Paragraph - Antony’s Speech …show more content…
aS THE SPEECH PROGRESSES, ANTONY UTILIZES RHETORICAL QUESTIONS (OR A QUESTION THAT IS MORE FOR AN EFFECT THAN FOR AN ANSWER) AND REPETITION TO PERSUADE THE PEOPLE. ANTONY ASKS THE PEOPLE IF THE INCIDENT WERE TRULY ACCREDITED TO CAESAR’S ARROGANCE, AND ANTONY MAKES IT KNOWN THAT CAESAR TRULY WASN'T AS COLD AS BRUTUS LEAD THEM TO BE BY ASKING THE ROMANS IF CRYING FOR THE PAUPERS WAS A COLD THING OF CAESAR TO DO. AS ANTONY REPEATED ‘BRUTUS IS AN HONORABLE MAN’ HE WOULD CHANGE HIS INTONATION AFTER ASKING A MOOD ALTERING RHETORICAL QUESTION AND MAKE IT SEEM AS THOUGH BRUTUS WERE ONLY AN HONORABLE MAN BY DEFAULT OF SOCIETY RATHER THAN BY TRUE HUMILITY. THIS PROVES EFFECTIVE IN PERSUADING THE PEOPLE FOR TWO REASONS, ONE IS THAT ANTONY MAKES IT SEEM AS THOUGH IT WERE THE PEOPLE’S IDEA TO CALL BRUTUS OUT, AND BECAUSE OF HOW SUBTLY ANTONY MANAGED TO DO

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Comparing Brutus And Antony's Speeches In Julius Caesar

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