Brutus’s Speech vs. Antony’s

The Speech That Changed Everything In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and severalise Antony must winnings the support of the Romans by making a linguistic process to them. The two precedent friends become enemies. They dowery different beliefs in what is right in their eyes. Brutus wants to subscribe the place of Caesar and become powerful. Antony wants meetice for his best friend, Caesar. However, Shakespeare pits lay Antonys speech against Brutus speech. Antonys speech is persuasive, and eyefelt. He understands the Romans irrelevant Brutus. Brutus speech is brief and not heartfelt.Mark Antony becomes victorious in winning the hearts of the Romans by having his speech be more rhetoric and effective than Brutus speech. Brutus Romans, Countrymen, and Lovers speech is brief, precise, and gets to the point. He tells the sight of capital of Italy that Caesar is ambitious even though he does not prove that he was ambitious. Brutus also tells the Romans that Caesar will mos tly likely be corrupt because each(prenominal) the other rulers before him were corrupt. For example, Brutus says, Had you rather Caesar were living, and die solely slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? (3. 2. 3-24) He tells the people of Rome that if Caesar was ruler, everyone would be slaves. Brutus tells them that he actually did them a favor. Brutus inclined the Romans, but he didnt convince them for long. If he understood how they felt he would engage fully convince them. Mark Antonys Friends, Romans, Countrymen speech is more rhetoric, persuasive and he put in a lot of thought into it. After Brutus called Caesar ambitious, Antony gave excellent reasons on why he actually wasnt ambitious. For example, Mark Antony says, When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. ambitiousness should be do of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious And Brutus is an honorable man (3. 2. 94-97). Mark Antony was able to turn the word honorable around to mean dishonorable. He put it in a respectful, but sarcastic way. Antony understands how the Romans feel nearly the death of Julius Caesar. They are angry, confused, and sad just like Antony. Antony relates to the Romans by saying, My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause bank it come back to me (3. 2. 108-109). By saying these powerful words the Romans and Antony share the same amount of suffering towards Caesars death.Mark Antony was able to convince an audience, who at first were against him, to be on his side. Mark Antony and Brutus both tried to pass water their speeches convincing and persuading. Mark Antonys speech was very successful unlike Brutus. His speech is also better than Brutus. The people of Rome rooted for Brutus until Antony make his speech. If Brutus went after Antony, he might have been the more successful one. The people of Rome will follow anyone which is why they rooted for Antony because he speak last. As Cassius puts it, the Romans are but sheep (1. 3. 106). Mark Antony used more rhetorical questions in his speech to help persuade the Romans and Brutus did not. Brutus was less persuasive than Antony. He also treats the Romans like they are nothing but peasants. Antony calls the Romans his friends. Shakespeare does pit Mark Antonys speech against Brutus speech. Even though Brutus gained the support of the Romans, it was not for long. Brutus just wanted power so he didnt really have a passion in his speech. Mark Antony wanted justice for Caesar who made him passionate and sincere in his speech. Overall, Mark Antonys speech win the hearts of the Romans.