The majority of people experience betrayal in their lives. Betrayal can mean to be disloyal or unfaithful. The betrayal of a friend family member or loved one is malicious and can be painful. Examples of betrayal are being cheated on or lied to. The playwright, actor and poet William Shakespeare exemplifies betrayal in one of his most famous plays The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Shakespeare depicts the play in ancient Rome after the defeat of pompey and his sons. Shakespeare exhibits the ultimate betrayal by revealing that Brutus joins a conspiracy to murder Caesar. The writer portrays Brutus as a Roman politician who was once a friend of caesar, while Caesar is portrayed as a Roman general who was asked to be the ruler of rome. Shakespeare depicts the the conspirators to be plotting to kill caesar for they do not see him fit to rule. They succeed in their plan, many were happy about the death of Caesar but not Mark Antony. Mark antony was a friend of Caesar who declared a speech at his funeral attempting to get the Roman audience’s attention. Therefore in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, playwright William Shakespeare uses Mark Antony’s speech to persuade the Roman audience against the conspirators by using …show more content…
The playwright uses repetition various times throughout Mark Antony’s speech to grab the audience's attention. Shakespeare reveals his use of repetition by the statement “ Yet Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is a honorable man” (Shakespeare 21-22). Shakespeare uses this rhetorical device to to counteract Brutus’ claim that Caesar is indeed ambitious. Furthermore the playwright also portrays Mark Antony’s loyalty by revealing how he speaks of Caesar during his speech. However, along with the rhetorical device repetition, Shakespeare also uses logical appeal to prove Mark Antony’s
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
Shakespeare’s complex play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar contains several tragic heroes; a tragic hero holds high political or social esteem yet possesses an obvious character flaw. This discernible hubris undoubtedly causes the character’s demise or a severe forfeiture, which forces the character to undergo an unfeigned moment of enlightenment and shear reconciliation. Brutus, one of these tragic heroes, is a devout friend of the great Julius Caesar, that is, until he makes many execrable decisions he will soon regret; he becomes involved in a plot to kill the omniscient ruler of Rome during 44 B.C. After committing the crime, Mark Antony, an avid, passionate follower of Caesar, is left alive under Brutus’s orders to take his revenge on the villains who killed his beloved Caesar. After Antony turns a rioting Rome on him and wages war against him and the conspirators, Brutus falls by his own hand, turning the very sword he slaughtered Caesar with against himself. Brutus is unquestionably the tragic hero in this play because he has an innumerable amount of character flaws, he falls because of these flaws, and then comes to grips with them as he bleeds on the planes of Philippi.
Playwright, William Shakespeare, in the play Julius Caesar, utilizes many instances of rhetorical devices through the actions and speech of Caesar's right-hand man, Mark Antony. In the given excerpt, Antony demonstrates several of those rhetorical devices such as verbal irony, sarcasm, logos, ethos, and pathos which allows him to sway the plebeians. The central purpose of Mark Antony’s funeral speech is to persuade his audience into believing that Caesar had no ill intentions while manipulating the plebeians into starting a rebellion against their new enemies, Brutus and the conspirators.
In the play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare conveys Mark Antony’s adept way of creating an impactful speech that swayed the minds of the fickle Plebeians. Antony appeals to the Plebians by adroitly using the principal rhetorical devices, ethos, pathos, and logos, to gain their trust through credibility, logic, and astute emotional manipulation.
Mark Antony’s Oration from Julius Caesar is an exceptional example of a rhetorical speech because of its use of three distinct literary devices: rhetorical questions, sarcasm, and repetition. Upon analyzing the diction, the word choice, and the syntax, the arrangement of the words, one can promptly notice that the author, William Shakespeare, composed this speech to allow his character, Mark Antony, to inconspicuously blame Brutus and the Roman officials for the murder of his beloved friend, Julius Caesar. In the beginning of his speech Mark Antony addresses a few of the reputable things Caesar has done, and then he throws out a rhetorical question that asked “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” (Line 18). This is said to instigate the thoughts
“A fool thinks himself to be wise but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”-William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has written many famous plays and has inspired many movie adaptations of his plays. One of his famous plays is Julius Caesar, this play is about Julius Caesar, 2 betraying friends, and the entirety of Rome after his death. Two main characters in this play are Cassius and brutus, which are Caesar’s best friends(that end up killing him), and their plan to overthrow Caesar and rule Rome together. One of the more important pieces of literature in the play is the infamous Marc Antony speech. The strategies that he uses in the speech are great and very well written. Shakespeare wrote this speech using ethos, logos, and pathos.
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” Lord Acton famously wrote this quote in 1870. This proclamation is still applicable today. From Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to the leaders of today, evidence of selfish leaders has existed since the first governments. Throughout history and in modern times, there have been corrupt leaders who have damaged their dominions even when they originally had no intention to put themselves first.
In the play, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Roman ruler Julius Caesar is assassinated by a group of conspirators, with some of the main names of the group being Brutus and Cassius. Marc Antony turns Rome against the well received conspirators, and it ends with a war between the conspirators and Marc Antony, and the death of Cassius and Brutus. In this story, there are many characters who are very bad people who hurt others for their own gain. The true villains of Julius Caesar are Brutus, Cassius, and Marc Antony.
The fall of power and the development of betrayal in Julius Caesar is shown as early as the beginning of the play. When Brutus and Cassius are talking about Antony, Brutus says, “By your pardon: / I will myself into the pulpit first, And show the reason of our Caesar’s death. / What Antony shall speak, I will protest / He speaks by leave and by permission, / And that we are contented Caesar shall / Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies. / It shall advantage more than do us wrong” (Shakespeare, 3.1.237-242). After Caesar died and all power was lost, betrayal began to form because there was no leaderto minimize the situations. This relates to the theme because when Antony and Brutus were giving their speeches to the citizens after Caesar’s death, Antony
People often betray themselves without realizing it, whether it is through their public self or private self, one great example to represent this is Julius Caesar. In William Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar”, betrayal is the base of the play, Shakespeare shows that betrayal occurs between friendships, country and the character themselves, characters such as Julius Caesar and Brutus break trust not only with each other and other people, but themselves as well, and that their way of thinking may change.
Friends are usually supposed to be loyal and trustworthy, Keepers of secrets, so when all of a sudden they turn into backstabbers it is surprising. Betrayal from a friend is by far more hurtful than by an enemy of any kind
Throughout his famous speech in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony continuously propagandizes the crowd using his eloquence. From the very beginning of his speech, Antony is facing a crowd that is already not on his side. His unique elocution allows him to fairly easily brainwash the throng into submitting to his ideas about Julius Caesar’s death. Using rhetorical appeals such as logos and pathos, Mark Antony changes the mob’s mind in a timely manner. He uses plausible and convincing reasoning, rationale, and emotional appeal in order to indoctrinate the multitude of Romans into believing what he has to say. Antony’s exceptional mellifluousness helps him put it all together though, leading to the final product that is his acclaimed speech. Mark Antony possesses phenomenal enunciation and flaunts his rare skill admirably as he dexterously instills his views into the brains of the Romans.
...scene of Caesar; however, Antony never shows at the murder. Also, Antony compares the conspirators to irrational and beastly animals, and he retells the scene of Caesar’s death. Multiple people deceive others in order to manipulate them. Decius inaccurately explains Calphurnia’s dream, and he motivates Caesar to travel to the Capitol; as a result, Caesar dies. In a manipulative oration given by Antony, he manipulates the plebeians; the capricious plebeians decide they want to kill the murderers of Caesar. In the end of the play, Antony claims that Brutus exhibits an honorable man, and he explains that he favors Brutus. Octavius ends the play, and he agrees with Antony’s declaration of the honor of Caesar. Although manipulation frequently never ends in death, people today use manipulation for one’s own advantage: abusively, deceptively, cunningly, and aggressively.
“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.
In William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, betrayal is used to work towards a certain goal. When Caesar takes complete control of Rome, Brutus and the conspirators plan to kick out of his throne. However, this results in war as Caesar’s best friend Antony goes against them. Betrayal is a theme as shown through the commoners betraying Pompey, the conspirators killing Caesar, and Antony breaking Brutus’ trust.