In the beginning, the two men break down into credibility first. Brutus breaks into ethos by talking about his honor, he tells the plebeians to keep his honor in mind. He also lets everyone know that Caesar was “ambitious” and he had to “slew” him because of it. He says this because he thought everyone in town thought Caesar was an honorable man. When Anthony came up, he knew that he had to work harder to gain the crowd’s attention, so he begins with saying, “I come to bury Caesar, not praise him.” (Act 3 Scene 2; 72) He says this because he knows people don’t want to hear a speech about how “amazing” Caesar was, so he says he’s not there to praise him.
His reasoning for killing Caesar was the fact that Caesar was too ambitious. Although this was a good reason it was all an assumption and he gave no evidence on how Caesar was ambitious. Although Brutus did hypothetical situations to the countrymen to convince them further that Caesar could of became a tyrant. For the love of Rome is why Brutus murdered Caesar and that convinced the people that there was no man nobler than Brutus. He had won them over until Antony began his speech.
He starts out by adressing them as "friends" because he wants to come to them as a friend rather than a ruler trying to get power . He then uses a false disclaimer when he says " I come to bury Caesar , not to praise him " , as he will in fact praise Caesar . Later on , he counters what brutus says by providing that Caesar was not ambitious .He repeats 'honorable' so often inregards to brutus and the others , that to the crowd it starts to mean the opposite . The crowd are swayed to him by his dramatics , His underhanded way of making a point and his compelling proof for caesar's concern "the will" . They find it easily to accept him as an emotional and sincere speaker
He is able to completely change their opinion in one speech. He is persuasive by showing Caesar's dead body, controlling the audience, and making the plebeians question themselves. He sheds some light on what they didn't see before; thus, the audience believes that Mark Antony is worthy of all their honor. What technique has he used that no one else has used so far? 1.)
Assertions has made the impact on the world, on whether to " consider" on learning the cold truth and accepting the truth. Antony's use of such rhetoric devices leads the crowd to want more and to learn more information, because the more who know about the cause and effect of the loss of Caesar, the more people will revolt against Brutus. Overall, Antony uses
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
The entire play is energized and wrapped around the power and outcome of persuasive strategies. Act 1, Scene 2 is just one of many excerpts that use such persuasive tactics when Cassius is persuading Brutus to take part in a conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar due his increasingly puffed up ego. Some of them being successful and some not: such as emotional appeal, flattery, attacks on the person, as well as the absence of loaded words. An example that proves to be quite obvious in the case of persuasive strategies is the presence of emotional appeal during this scene. Though to understand, we must first know the character of the person being persuaded while evaluating this strategy as it’s by nature a very personal oriented sort of persuasion.
Who handled the appeal to reason better? Explain your answer. Brutus uses the appeal to reason when he says that if Caesar was still alive they all would be and die as slaves if he wasn’t dead. Antony uses appeal to reason by asking the crowd how they could have loved Caesar so much, so why not mourn for him. Antony used the appeal to reason better because what he said made a lot of sense.
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
Mark Antony use the same rhetoric when he said “you all did see that on the lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious yet Brutus says he was an ambitious man. And Brutus is an honorable man.”(Act III, Scene 2 Line 97-101) This use of logical reasoning makes the listeners look at the problem from the aspect of him and Brutus which can make them change their mind. Another similar device they used in there speech is the use of personal anecdotes. Brutus uses personal anecdotes when he says “I depart: that as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.”(Act III, Scene 2, line 46-48) this quote show how strong Brutus’s relationship was with Julius Caesar. This personal anecdote is used to evoke emotion in the listeners and to make them feel empathetic for him.