Rhetorical Analysis On Marc Anthony

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In his famous eulogy, Friends, Romans, and Countrymen, Roman leader Marc Antony questions the audience for effect rather than answers and repeats a similar sequence of words for emphasis in order to make the audience understand the unjust motives of the conspirators ultimately moving the people of Rome to rebel against them. Marc Antony questions the audience for answers, turning the Romans against the conspirators. After Brutus’ eulogy, where he states that he killed Caesar because he was too ambitious, Antony responds with “You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?” When Antony says this, he is appealing to logic therefore his opinion cannot be argued with. He