julius caesar speeches
...using examples of the friendship Caesar and he once had shared, the crowd began to trust and believe Brutus and his love, love for power. Another addition Brutus used was speaking first before Antony got his chance to attempt to sway the unruly crowd, before they went on a mad rampage to kill the conspirators. Brutus’ suicide threats were yet another way he used to come close to the crowd. Marcus Antony’s speech was much more productive and written based on one idea, to get seek revenge at those who murdered Caesar. The fact he had a closer relationship with Caesar created great emotional tension and emphasis during his speech. In fact, he had to stop numerous times throughout the speech in order to regain his composure. A simple, unnoticed factor throughout his speech was that he convinced the crowd his speech was not written in revenge, and he did not want harm to come to Caesar’s killers. This gave the crowd time to react, and based on those thoughts, gave Antony time to readdress his speech to fit the crowd. The most effective addition to Antony’s speech was he used the body and the will throughout the speech. Marcus slowly went over the body examining exactly where each stab wound had occurred and who had done it. This was excruciating to the crowd as they were able to see the assassination through the eyes of Caesar himself, as described on page 686, “Look, in this place ran Cassius’ dagger through; See what a rent the envious Casca made; Through this the well-beloved Brutus stabbed.” Another factor in helping his speech was the will from Caesar himself. With the will Antony was able to produce sufficient evidence as to Caesar’s good of Rome by presenting the will and displaying to the citizens that they received seventy-five drachmas. A last point in Antony’s speech was his repetitive use of the word honorable. His repetition of the word helped in his win as the crowd understood, he meant the very opposite of that as the crowd was none other than cowardly. ...