caesar

The styles of rhetoric used in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, by Antony and Brutus are very different. Brutus said in his speech that he assures any dear friend on Caesar’s that his love for him was no greater then their love. Brutus tried to convince the crowd thathe murdered Caesar for the good of the country by stating that he loved Rome more then Caesar. He wanted the crowd to think that he …

…and reads it, he tells them how much Caesar loved them, and made the crowd feel as if it were their duty to avenge such a great man’s death. Antony spoke so well that he convinced an entire mob to go after the murderers. He did exactly what he wanted to do, he played with their emotions until they were furious about the death, and they were off to do Antony’s dirty work.