Speeches are weapons; words that can be manipulated to attack a subject or person in a way that the author must decide. In the case of Mark Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and Winston Churchill’s speech at the start of World War II, “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat” are two speeches dealing with aggression towards a certain matter. Antony’s speech was created to gain the trust of the Plebeians and take sides with him concerning whether or not Caesar was killed for the good of Rome claimed by Brutus. Churchill’s speech created an attack against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in the fear that the Nazis would try to take over England. Both of the speeches had the power to lead their audience into the path of their wanting.
Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of World War II, used the elements of Pathos, Ethos, and Logos in order to have the House proclaim their confidence in the government with his speech, “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat”. Pathos was used in a manner to explain to the House and the whole Country in general what his goal was for his country. Churchill was willing to sacrifice for the safety of the United Kingdom, “victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival” (Churchill P5). Churchill means that even if the country of the United Kingdom has to lose or sacrifice in order to rise above Germany, that is their goal because if they don’t try to fight back, they will be doomed anyways as Hitler tries to conquer the world. Churchill offers credibility with the use of Ethos in order to show what the Nazi party is planning, “wage war, by sea, by air...
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...was not ambitious and they go to track down the rest of the conspirators for killing the great, and noble Caesar.
Antony’s speech was solely for his own benefit, not for the good of Rome. Winston Churchill’s speech is more effective because it reaches all of England and has the power to unite a country together and get the people through the challenges that are yet to come. His speech isn’t for revenge. Churchill’s speech has a goal to protect his country whereas Antony just wanted revenge. Both speeches were given for different reasons, but both had the same effect of moving the public.
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Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Ed. David Henry Hwang. Prentice Hall Literature. New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007.
Churchill, Winston. “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat.” House of Commons. London, England. 13 May 1940.
In Julius Caesar two men, Antony and Brutus, make two different speeches but with the same concept of ethos, logos, and pathos at Caesar's funeral. Brutus claims that it is okay that he killed Caesar and makes a speech about it. Antony is the more persuasive speaker than Brutus because he uses ethos, pathos, and logos better than Brutus. Brutus has a way with the people. He is a politician, and he knows how to get the people on his side.
Both speeches had the same structure and used the same rhetorical devices but Antony’s speech was much more influential and because of that, he helped build the great history that is Rome.
Both of these men are considered successful leaders because of the battles they have led their armies to win and the way they have rose to defeat severe circumstances on the battlefield. The reason behind the success of the armies led by these men is the inspiration that their soldiers have had to fight. This inspiration came in the form of war speeches, which were very effective because of the techniques incorporated into both of these speeches. The techniques discussed that overlap in both King Henry V’s ‘St. Crispin’s Day’ speech and Winston Churchill’s ‘We Shall Fight on the Beaches’ speech include pathos, egos, logos and peroration. These techniques provide a large contribution to why both of these speeches were so renowned, why they led to military success and why they were so galvanizing to the armies and people when delivered.
Shakespeare, William. “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.” Elements of Literature: Kylene Beers. Austin: Holt, 2009. 842-963. Print.
Shakespeare, William. “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.” Elements of Literature: Kylene Beers. Austin: Holt, 2009. 842-963. Print.
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Shakespeare, William. “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.” Elements of Literature: Kylene Beers. Austin: Holt, 2009. 842-963. Print.
By examining Churchill’s use of rhetoric we can see what exactly made him such a great leader. His speeches were able to do more damage to the Nazis than any bomb could have done because his language rallied the people together. His use of repetition proved his points and reminded the country of what mattered most. His descriptive words helped build up anger against the Nazi rule and persuade everyone to pull through the tough times. He used pronouns in such a way that it would personalize everything and help unify his country. Through his unique use of words Churchill was able to convince many that if they could just endure that they would at last be victorious (Bungay).
...rence between these speeches is obviously that they had different views. As said earlier, Brutus was trying to approach that killing Caesar was a good deed for Rome, while Antony’s view is that Caesar did not deserve to die and that the conspirators were the real enemies. They also used their rhetorical devices in different ways to state their points, persuading different people in the audience.
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.
speech. Brutus was one of the murderers of Caesar. Antony was trying to raise the crowd
Shakespeare. "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar." Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy Of William Shakespeare. n.d. 880.
Winston Churchill was perhaps one of the greatest public speakers in history. Some of the best speeches have come from being in life or death situations, Winston was known best for this. His small sound clips like, “this was their finest hour”, and “this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”, encourage his troops and his people that they will win this war and will overcome the greatest odds. Although Churchill told many speeches, his speech on June 18, 1940 showed the most emotion and courage of any other speech he told. In this speech he explained that the war in France is over and the war in Britain would begin. He said that if we fail then the world sink into an abyss. This emotion that he shows would give Britain hope, courage and most of all determination.
While Brutus's speech was very repetitive about his love for Caesar and how Caesar was too ambitious, Mark Antony made sure that you question Brutus's motives, and also made sure that Caesar's "ambitions" were not half as corrupt as Brutus had made him out to be. So in the end, Mark Antony had an all around better speech than Brutus, allowing me to see through Antony’s point of view better than through Brutus’s.
The speech made by Marcus Antonius, called Antony, in Act Three, Scene Two of Julius Caesar shows that despite being considered a sportsman above all else, he is highly skilled with the art of oratory as well. In the play by William Shakespeare, this speech is made at the funeral of Caesar after he is killed by Brutus and the other conspirators. Brutus claimed earlier, in his own funeral speech, that the killing of Caesar was justified. He felt that Caesar was a threat, and too ambitious to be allowed as ruler. Much of this sentiment, however, was developed by the treacherous Cassius. Antony, on the other hand, felt that the conspirators were traitors to Rome and should be dealt with. This speech used a variety of methods to gradually bring the crowd to his side, yet maintain his side of the deal with Brutus. This deal was that he, “shall not in your funeral speech blame us...” (3.1.245) for the death of Caesar. Antony holds his end of the deal for the majority of the speech, yet by doing so convinces the crowd of Brutus' and the others' disloyalty. In many ways, this speech can be seen as the ultimate rhetoric, and it includes all three of Aristotle's methods of persuasion. This are the appeal to credibility, called ethos, the appeal to emotions, called pathos, and the appeal to logic, called logos. All three of these devices are used to great effect during the speech of Marcus Antonius.