On the Death of Julius Cæsar: Two Funeral Speeches
The art of rhetoric is a very powerful tool, especially in the proper setting. It can stir people’s hearts to rage, or bring them together to stand against tyranny. In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Cæsar, Marcus Brutus is given the task to explain to the Romans why he and the other conspirators kill Cæsar, and is so confident that his cause is just that he allows Mark Antony, a dear friend of Cæsar, to speak afterward. Despite…
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