While both Brutus and Antony both gave their speeches on the behalf of Caesar, Brutus focused on justifying his killing of Caesar formally while Antony focused on using logic and genuine emotion to win the countrymen's hearts. Starting off with Brutus, he was the first to speak at Caesar's funeral. Brutus talked very formal and did not use much evidence. When talking to the countrymen he tried to appeal to their minds, not their hearts. His reasoning for killing Caesar was the fact that Caesar was too ambitious.
This fools Brutus into thinking he can trust Antony, so he allows him to give a funeral speech over the body of Caesar to a large crowd of Roman citizens. Brutus foolishly assumes that the Roman citizens will listen and heed his words because they were full of truth and reason. He explains to the crowd the reason why he assassinated their much respected leader, saying, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” (Shakespeare 681). Brutus insists that Caesar was a great man, but he was also ambitious. Brutus doesn’t want the Romans to be slaves under Caesar’s leadership.
He appeals to their emotions by saying that his love to Caesar was no less than that of any dear friend of Caesar’s and that he did this “not that I loved Caesar less but that I loved Rome more. Through this he wants to show that he did not kill Caesar out a jealous rage but rather he did it for the better of the Roman people. This is effective in bringing a solid reasoning to his seemingly crazed killing. Brutus now continues by suggesting that if Caesar were to live they would all become slaves. He questions if anybody there “is so base that would
She woke up and screamed and Caesar asked what was wrong. She said she had a dream that he was going to be killed. She was then afraid for him to do anything. Outside the house Brutus and Portia are exactly the same. When they see something that happens outside they will tell each other exactly.
Initially, Brutus was a man for the people who did what he believed was necessary. Cassius had forced Brutus into thinking that Caesar was in fact ambitious, Brutus believed him and thought that by murdering Caesar, it would save the lives of the Roman people in the long run. Whereas many of the conspirators killed Caesar because they feared the possibility of him becoming too powerful, Brutus killed him so the people could someday live freely. Brutus loved Caesar dearly, in yet he still had the Roman people in his heart as his first priority. Additionally, Brutus died for his people.
Antony was the person who instigated the war. If they had killed him, he would not have had the chance to turn the people against the conspirators. Another mistake Brutus made, was that he allowed Antony to speak in Caesar's funeral. When the conspirators were discussing it, Cassius thought it to be a bad idea, but Brutus, as naive and trusting as he is, said yes, but only as long as Antony let him speak first and promised not to say anything bad about them. When they left, Antony, in his soliloquy, spoke of revenge.
That all changes when he returns home after telling his wife what had happened. She says “ Make thick my blood/ Stop up th’access and passage to remorse” (1.5 33-34) Lady Macbeth is the one who encourages Macbeth to become King. Now that they both believe that Macbeth is going to become king, there is nothing that will get in their way. Soon after, Macbeth decides that one of the only ways that he is going to become king, is to kill the current king, Duncan. He realized that the plan might not be reasonable and he started to second guess himself.
Then fall Caesar.”(3.1.85) When he said that, he was saying that he was okay with dying by his friend, Brutus. Caesar knew about the Ides of March but never believed or gave any though to it, he just let it happen. If Caesar didn’t want to die then why didn’t he do anything to stop Brutus from killing him? Caesar was way too ambitious to have all of that power; Even Brutus saw it, by saying, “It must be by his death. And for my part I know no personal cause to spurn at him but for the general.
Brutus evoked a feeling of patriotism in the crowd, which may have been more effective if he had spoken second. Antony’s rhetorical question educated the crowd of the nonexistent ambitions Brutus has made to excuse the murder. The rhetorical strategy of parallel structure was used well by Brutus. Antony told the crowd that he is not here to challenge Brutus, when in fact he is, and asserts, “I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, but here I am to speak what I do know.” (Julius Caesar Act III. sc ii.
One thing that Antony said sarcastically that got the crow angry was “Let me not stir you up to sudden munity. They that have done this deed are honorable.” (3.2.200-202). What Antony was really trying to was, I want you plebeians to go avenge Caesar death because I cannot do this on my own. After Antony speech all the plebeians were fired up and helped to start a war. Antony persuasion was the most effective because all of the men sided with Antony until the end of the