In the two stories, they both have different tones and ideas. Each person is different and has different stand points . None of them share the same ideas or points however some share a few things. Brutus speech seems stiff and rehearsed. No doubt Shakespeare intended it to sound rehearsed, since Brutus had plenty of time to compose and rehearse it. Brutus shows himself to be an egotist. He talks mainly about himself and seems anxious to have the mob think well of him, not only as an important man, but also as an accomplished orator. Antony's speech, on the other hand, sounds spontaneous and unrehearsed. This is partly because it. So far, Brutus speech is very direct and precise. The mob rapidly agrees and supports him, cheering him down
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” (George Orwell, 1984). William Shakespeare intensified his quality of work by insinuating manipulative and persuasive language within his writing. Cassius, a loyal server to Brutus, was easy to coax Brutus into rebelling against Julius Caesar, gaining an additional member to his group of conspirators. Cassius altered Brutus’ thoughts of Caesar’s ruling, within the use of multiple effective rhetorical techniques.
In Brutus' speech he uses logos to try to reason with the crowd whilst Antony uses pathos to control their emotions. Brutus explains that for the betterment of Rome Caesar had to die or else he would ruin the country and destroy the great empire. He at first has everyone on his side, that is of course until Antony speaks. When Antony speaks he gives examples of how Caesar wasn't going to ruin Rome and in fact how he was the best leader they had ever had. He says that Brutus and Cassius are murderers and that's all they are.
When talking about the differences between the two speeches the main difference is how each person uses logos, ethos, and pathos. When Brutus says his speech the main ones he uses are logos, and ethos. The example for Brutus is in his opening line of his speech when he says “Romans, Countrymen, and lovers” (elements 831). What this states is that Brutus wants to speak to them logically as he thinks they are intelligent people and will understand what he says for his reason (Schoolworkhelper). Whereas Antony uses pathos and connects with the people emotionally by saying “Friends, Romans, Countrymen” (elements 834).
Brutus uses ethos the most in his speech, he was considered very honorable by the Romans. Since he was very honorable everyone believed that anything that came out of his mouth had to be true. Brutus had an easier time to win over the people of Rome. Antony is constantly questioning Brutus. Antony targets the credibility and character of Brutus when he says; “And Brutus is an honourable man.”
He misjudged the crowd greatly and only got blank stares during his speech. The fallacies that Brutus used was false because he stated killing Caesar needed to happen for the sake of the roman people. He also used the either/or fallacy only giving two options he claimed “ would you rather him be alive and live slave, or him die so you are free”(II,ii ,12-33 ). With all the confusion that Brutus caused with his logical speech one of his major flaws was misjudging the crowd badly if he would've taken another route maybe he could've had people to support him. What made their speeches alike was that they were both trying to win over a crowd.
In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony both used different techniques in order to capture the audience's attention and approval in their speeches about Caesar's death. They both include repetition, rhetorical strategies, dramatic pauses, and parallelism in order to get the crowd on their sides. Both men use different strategies by knowing the audience and they use this to their advantage. Brutus and Antony both choose the use of Pathos and Ethos specifically appeal to the audience and their love for their country.
Throughout his entire speech, Antony always restates Brutus’s opinions in a fair and accurate way. He keeps his promise with the conspirators that he would not accuse them for the act of murdering Caesar. Antony starts his speech with, “For Brutus’ sake I am beholding to you,” (1146) to make sure that the crowd accepts him. Then, he continues with, “I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke…” (1147) before continuing with his explanations. Although honoring the conspirators, he still adds small details to make them seem guilty, “I fear I wrong the honorable whose daggers have stabbed Caesar…” (1148)
Both Brutus and Antony had great speeches, however each one had a different style of how it was presented, and its effectiveness. They each used logos, ethos, and pathos differently, as well as the fallacies that they used.
Rhetoric in the Speeches of Brutus and Antony The death of Caesar is a controversial topic and was even more controversial at the time of his funeral when when senators were trying to benefit from his death by getting the Roman citizens on their side. At Caesar’s funeral, two senators gave speeches as an attempt to get the roman people on their side. Out of the two speeches, Marc Antony’s speech was more effective because of his use of appeals and biases, being 100% true and had a larger variety of rhetorical devices.
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar one of the main characters Caesar is killed in Scene 3 act 2.Then Brutus and Antony both give speeches about how bad they feel. Brutus gives a good speech by using all three of the rhetorical appeals to persuade the crowd to want to listen to what he say by using logos,ethos,pathos to his advantage. Brutus gives a better speech that draws the audience attention,Antony not as much. Therefor here are some very valid points on why Brutus’s speech used the Rhetorical Appeals better.
After reading excerpts from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, write an essay that compares Brutus’ speech with Marc Antony’s speech and argues the effectiveness of the rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos) used in each. Be sure to support your position with evidence from the texts. William Shakespeare writes a play about Julius Caesar’s assassination and the speeches his friends gave at his funeral. In the play, Brutus assassinated Caesar because he thought he was protecting Rome. He was saying that if Caesar got all the power he would most likely become vicious and make everyone his slaves.
In the play, the two speeches contrast on the choice of rhetorical appeals towards the crowd. Brutus's speech, as the reader can see, appeals to the logic of the crowd while Mark Antony appeals to the emotions or pathos of the crowd. Brutas goes first when delivering the speech, his speech is quick and to the point. While trying not to cause chaos in the crowd, Brutas talks highly of himself to make himself seem honorable to the crowd. Brutas says "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" (Shakespeare 3.2).
Brutus 's speech: Brutus speaks to the people of rome why he killed caesar so they will not turn on him. He talked about how he didnt kill him because he didn 't love him but because it was for the better of rome. He also tells the people of rome that letting caesar become king would mean the government type would change and all the wars and hard work his family had put into the government would go away. He also states, for the welfare of rome that he would die for rome if rome demands his death Rhetorical devices: Brutus used questions, logos, parallelism, and pathos to stir the people of rhome. Question-
Antony speech is claiming that it was not a good idea to kill Caesar and to convince that Brutus is a very bad man. Antony makes the claim of Brutus throughout the whole speech using parallelism and repetition. Antony constantly says “for Brutus is an honorable man” through the entire speech but doesn’t really mean it. Yet Antony always says the same phrase a lot of times it makes you think of something different. The beginning of the speech when he first says the phrase you actually think he trying to be respectful.
Brutus delivers his speech in a laudatory manner by conveying Caesar’s deeds and claiming he was ambitious, although Antony contradicts Brutus’ claims and says Caesar spurned the crown with the intent to merely rule as a de facto dictator. Brutus’ speech reveals his motives were truly for the benefit of Rome given his nationalistic tone and Antony’s speech was merely used to obscure his true motives, which was to embroil Rome in a series of civil wars to attain power. Brutus and Antony’s speeches consisted predominantly of Pathos and Ethos, but it is Antony who ultimately it is Antony who prevails because of his almost disingenuous attitude and even use of Logos which is seen when claims that reading Caesar’s will would dishonor his compeers and even Caesar