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Caesar was just murdered by his best friend Brutus and the Conspirators. Brutus
Antony both speak at the funeral, but each had their own purpose and reason for
Both speeches had their own unique way of addressing the crowd as well as
styles. Therefore, differing effects on the crowd as a result of their differing styles
Brutus was first to speak. He and the Conspirators approaches the stand with their
hands dripping in Caesar’s blood. Brutus approaches the crowd by stating that his
for killing Caesar. His reason was not because he did not love Caesar, but because
loved Rome more. Specifically, he says:
Brutus rose against Caesar, that is my answer: Not that I
loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more ( III, ii,
. . .
Brutus leaves the scene and the stand for Antony to speak.
After
he explained himself and his purpose, the people were reluctant to believed him, yet
they
were convinced for only a short while. He used
repetition. Antony says that he
does
not wish to disgrace Brutus’ honorable name. Brutus explains here that he still cared
for
Caesar and he still also claimed that Caesar was not good for Rome because he was
ambitious.
He wants revenge. Antony wants mutiny against the
Conspirators.
Although he did a very good job at explaining to the confused crowd that murdering
Caesar was for the good of Rome, he still hadn’t won them over yet. 21-22 )
This quote pretty much proves and summarizes Brutus’ point in his speech. Brutus
explained
again that he loved Caesar, but that his death was for the good of Rome. Also, Antony makes good use of Caesars will and the dead
body. Both characters shared
their
opinions and in the end, one got the approval of the crowd. Brutus came into a confused and curious crowd. At first, the
people were
against Antony, due to Brutus’ previous speech.
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