Julius Caesar Rhetorical Devices

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In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, a character named Mark Antony gives a speech to the citizens of Rome in regard to Caesar's unfortunate death. The purpose of his speech is to expose one of killers, Brutus, for his wrongful actions towards the deceased Julius Caesar. Throughout Mark Antony’s speech, rhetorical devices including sarcasm, emotional appeal, and metaphors are used to enhance the effectiveness of the speech by provoking negative emotions towards Brutus to emerge from the audience.
Sarcasm with repetition is one of the devices used most often in the speech to enhance the influence of Mark Antony’s words. For example, he continually mentions that Brutus is an “honourable man” in a form that shows the lack

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