Master orators are people who can envelope crowds of people with their passages of perfectly chosen words woven together to move anyone through the usage of ethos, pathos, and/ or logos while simultaneously being the most unsuspicious man who no one thinks much of. Mark Antony of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a perfect candidate for a master orator. To understand why, the knowledge of the goings on of the Shakespearean play is necessary. Within the boundaries of this play, Julius Caesar has recently returned from another conquest. Conspirators against Caesar planned to kill him for mostly selfish reasons of jealousy and hatred under the preface of killing a possible tyrant. Once these conspirators finally get their plan and allies together, …show more content…
He gives them facts that they cannot dispute. He retells about how Caesar has “brought many captives home to Rome,/ Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill,” or that Caesar wept when the poor cried, but an ambitious man would be made of “sterner stuff” (III.ii.86-87 & 89). Antony then also used pathos within this section, to weaken the hold of Brutus’ words. Telling the people of how Caesar was always “faithful and just” to him (III.ii.82). Of how Caesar himself “wept” when his people cried (III.ii.88). Following even this, Antony shifted to using pathos. He spoke of how the crowd used to love Caesar like no other, and they loved the man with good reason, yet now they hate the man without reason. And that unjust loss of love to such a man was too much. It killed his heart. Hurt him more than any wound. Such is the thoughts behind the line of “bear with me,/ My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar “ (III.ii.102-103). To his respect, it worked as well as Antony spoke. The crowd began to question Brutus. Questioning whether he was true about the ambitions of Caesar. True about there being no reason to mourn him. The crowd was with Antony for his thoughts, and for the pain he suffered. For the fact that Antony is speaking to the crowd not moments after the death of his dearest friend shows the crowd how much Antony hurts. This sympathetic connection helps strengthen the affects of …show more content…
Antony begins by using the rhetoric strategy of using negative words before their actual point. By using the negative word, such as not or no, Antony actually emphasizes his true intentions while sounding like he’s abiding to the promises. Such lines using this are “let me not stir you up/ To such a sudden flood of mutiny” (III.ii.206-207). This line itself is heard in the crowd’s mind as “let me stir you up to a flood of mutiny.” The actual word “not” isn’t registered as well in the brain, and is thus ignored when registering what was said. Now the actual words he said abided to the promises he said, but the message heard was very manipulative. Antony then continues, saying how he is not an orator such as Brutus, or he cannot make any man’s blood boil by his words alone, for he is but a blunt man who speaks the truth. The saying of him being a blunt man though actually cements his rhetoric into the minds of all. By saying he only speaks blunt truth, the crowd now takes all he has and will say as truth, Believing all Antony says because of both the strengthening sympathetic bond and newly founded sayer-of -truthness. Once Antony was done laying the groundwork for their complete trust in him, Antony pulls the restraint off of the crowd’s emotions by reading the will. Becoming able to now direct and fuel the growing rage in the crowd. These
In his play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare employs various rhetorical strategies such as direct address, repetition, and apostrophe in Antony’s eulogy to convince the crowd into believing that Caesar was a good ruler. His excellent use of rhetoric begins before he starts his speech through the establishment of familiarity. Before Antony begins his speech, he refers to the crowd as “friends, romans, [and] countrymen” to establish a personal connection, indicating the use of direct address (3.2.82). By referring to the crowd as “friends,” Antony removes any separation between him and the audience, establishing a close bond by choice. As it came first on his list, it emphasizes the importance of his friendship with the audience as friendship implies
Antony also uses the power of his speech, similar to Cassius, to influence the plebeians of Rome by carefully structuring his words together and using various tones to appeal to the audience. Antony uses repetition, such as this quote, “I thrice presented him a kingly crown,/ Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?/Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,/And sure he is an honourable man.”(III.ii.94-97) Antony uses this repetition of giving evidence to the people of what Caesar’s characteristics were really like, showing them that Caesar was not as ambitious as Brutus said, and calling Brutus an honourable man. The repetition allows for the plebeians to realize the truth because of Antony’s multiple exposures of verification that Caesar was not ambitious and how Brutus and the other conspirators are at fault. It also influences the plebeians to believe that Brutus is not noble at all because of how deceitful he acts when justifying his causes to murder Caesar. Antony then says, “[...]Bear with me./My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,/and I must pause till it come back to me.”(III.ii.103-105). Antony indicates how close his relationship to Caesar and that he feels so heartbroken that he chokes up from all the overwhelming emotions he feels. The tone of his speech elicits sympathy from the plebeians due to the
To start off, for Mark Antony to fully manipulate the audience into supporting Caesar, he must first be able to connect with his audience. Antony does exactly
He carried carried out Caesar’s corpse and laid him down before the crowd as he began to speak. Antony has already used pathos as a strong rhetorical device. The sight of a dead body has brought a very serious and saddening atmosphere upon all onlookers. Antony begins by stating “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar.” (3.2.2) Explaining to the crowd that he is not going to praise Caesar for the man he was but rather respectively bury him for his funeral has established that he isn’t biased. Conveying that man's good deeds are often forgotten with death has stirred up a feeling of remorse towards Caesar; another usage of
The most predominate and important aspect In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare are the speeches given to the Roman citizens by Brutus and Antony, the two main charaters, following the death of Caesar. Brutus and Antony both spoke to the crowd,using the same rhetorical devices to express their thoughts. Both speakers used the three classical appeals employed in the speeches: ethos, which is an appeal to credibility; pathos, which is an appeal to the emotion of the audience; and logos, which is an appeal to the content and arrangement of the argument itself. Even though both speeches have the same structure Antony’s speech is significantly more effective than Brutus’s.
In act III, scene ii, Antony proves to himself and the conspiracy, that he has the power to turn Rome against Brutus. He deceived the conspirators with his speech during Caesar’s funeral. In this speech, Antony pulls at the heartstrings of the countryman by showing emotions and turning them against their beloved leader, Brutus. The scene takes place the day of Caesar's death. Leading up to this point the people loved Brutus because, reasonably he explains of them about Caesar's death and told them it was necessary. In Antony's speech he showed signs of hatred towards Brutus and the conspirators. He thinks for himself and deceives the people, when he explains how Brutus lied to the people . The plot depends on Antony’s speech.
In William Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar, rhetorical devices are used throughout Decius Brutus’s speech to Caesar to persuade him to attend the senate, and ultimately meet his demise. Decius Brutus uses repetition to directly play into Caesar’s ego and convince him to show at an event he was previously very unsure of. Decius first uses repetition to make Caesar feel as if he were an irreplaceable addition to the senate. He addresses Caesar as, “most mighty Caesar…” (2.2.74) multiple times throughout his oration. The repetition of “mighty” draws Caesar’s attention away from the fact that he really must not go to the senate and instead focuses on why he must. Caesar is known to be easily persuaded by the promise of attention or rewards. Decius
Secondly, Antony says to the plebeians, “For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, / Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech / To stir men’s blood.” (3.2.233-235). Antony undersells himself with these words and claims that he is not intelligent enough to form an argument against the conspirators because of the conspiracy’s prior belief that he is just a party-goer that could not fight back against injustices. In reality, Antony knows that he is a great speaker but he instead brings attention to the fact that he is falsely seen as an irresponsible drunkard that could never do any harm. Another technique Antony uses to persuade the Romans to side with him is the use of props. First, Antony displays Caesar’s will to show the crowd his generosity and thoughtfulness for the well-being of Rome. For example, Antony reads “To every Roman citizen he gives, / To every several man, seventy-five
Antony uses his innocence and does not try to come right out within the point of his argument. Antony says “I am here to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III, ii, 75). This brain washes the crowd to get them to believe that he does not care about Caesar’s death, and that he is on Brutus’ side now. This just begins his speech and draws attention from the crowd. He also says, “He hath brought
Antony asks rhetorical questions and lets the audience answer for themselves. Brutus uses ethos by stating that he a noble man and that is why the people should believe him but infact Antony questions his nobility by saying what Brutus said,” Brutus is an honourable man”(III.ii.79). In a way, Antony states what Brutus states to convince the audience by using examples that Brutus is wrong. Antony himself knows what kind of man Brutus is but lets the people figure it out on their own. In addition, Brutus uses logos by expressing that fact that Caesar died because of his ambition. This argument is severely under supported because his reasons are invalid and simply observations. Antony uses “did this in Caesar seem ambitious” to question Brutus’ argument (III.ii.82). Antony gives examples backing his argument like when Caesar refused the crown thrice to prove his humbleness. The way Antony convinces the people to rebel is by using pathos. He brings the audience in by stepping down to their level and showing them the body of Caesar. While Antony talks at Caesar's funeral, he pauses because” heart us in the coffin there with Caesar “(III.ii.98). When Antony becomes emotional, he reminds the audience about what injust event happened to the much loved
Firstly, Antony says a general statement that, “the evil that men do lives after them” (III.ii.74), when in fact he is subtly and sneeringly referring to the conspirators actions. The Roman commoners don’t realize that this general statement is swaying them, but the rest of Antony’s speech further convinces them of the evil the conspirators have done. Later, Antony talks about Brutus says that “sure, [he] is an honourable man” (III.ii.98), emphasis on the sure. Because he uses a scornful tone while sarcastically saying this statement, he is really beginning to show the audience his true feelings on the situation. Knowing that even Antony bitterly disagrees with the choices of the conspirators, it further persuades the common people of Rome to turn against Brutus and the rest of Caesar’s murderers. These occasions show Antony’s sour tone, especially towards the conspirators, and Antony’s tone also riles up the Roman citizens. His tone helps to exasperate the commoners with Caesar’s murder, and therefore assists Antony in achieving his purpose to manipulate the audience to turn against
Actions at some moments in Julius Caesar speak louder than words. A prime example is when Cassius wants the men to make a pact to follow through with the murder, but Brutus speaks up and says that the pact is unnecessary. Brutus feels as though every man is a true Roman and each man is as trustworthy and noble as he. As for Antony's speech, this is a whole different story. The words Antony spoke to the public helped motivate the people to go against the conspirators. Thought the action of killing Caesar was a publicized one, Antony's speech was far from being unnoticed.
Mark Antony's Speech from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar Mark Antony’s funeral oration over the body of Julius Caesar in act three, scene two is the most important speech in the play and effects the development of the play as a whole in many ways. Firstly this speech falls in the play where we have seen Antony’s distraught reaction to the murder of Caesar and his letter vowing allegiance to Brutus in return for being able to live. Act three, scene one prepares us for Antony’s rhetoric as here he states that ‘Brutus is noble, wise, valiant and honest’ which fits in with him repeatedly stating ‘Brutus is an honourable man’. It becomes evident in this scene that Antony has an ulterior motive for forming this allegiance and asking to do the funeral oration when he is ‘swayed from the point by looking down on Caesar’ and then states that ‘friends am I with you all, and love you all’ but still wants to know ‘why and wherein Caesar was dangerous’. Thus we the audience are aware that Antony is not being honest with the conspirators especially when he speaks in a soliloquy of the anarchy he will create when he states ‘blood and destruction shall be so in use…that mothers shall but smile when they behold/
“Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare is the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar. Two speeches were made after his death, one being by Mark Antony. He uses many rhetorical devices in this speech to counter the previous speech and persuade the crowd that the conspirators who killed Caesar were wrong. Rhetoric is the art of persuasion and these many devices strengthen this by making points and highlighting flaws. Antony uses many rhetorical devices, all of which are used to persuade the crowd that the conspirators are wrong and Caesar did not need to be killed.
The crowd responds to show what is going on. Antony then responds by reading off of the will of Caesar to gain the attention of the crowd. He is delivering the speech only because he wants to address his feelings and thoughts on Caesar’s death and how he feels about the conspirators. Antony is trying to persuade the crowd to see what he sees and feel how he feels about the whole ordeal. The crowd, of course, is easily moved and persuaded by Antony’s