... friendship to manipulate their friends and get things they want. Many times the person being used does not even notice. Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is one of the most famous plays ever. It is a story about all the conflicts that came along after the murder of the famous Roman emperor Julius Caesar. ... side and against Brutus and the conspirators. Mark Antony gets up to the pulpit and starts persuading the Roman citizens against the conspirators in a way that is almost subliminal. He first sweet words are: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;" (III, ii). After saying this he...

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... and the more affective usage of rhetorical devices, which are mainly ethos, pathos and logos he uses compared to Brutus' speech. Firstly, Brutus begins his speech courageously with "Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe." ... about his glory. At the end of his speech Brutus ask a rhetorical question " If any, speak-for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?" (III ii 36) that is probably the saver of his speech forasmuch none of...

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... Caesar, however, does not result in the preservation of the "public good." In fact, it results in chaos and the death of many Roman citizens. When Brutus, at the funeral, justifies the slaying of his friend Caesar to the Roman citizens, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more", they accept his explanation and cheer him as an honorable man ... . His oratory is no match for the speech given by Caesar's close friend, Mark Antony, who is allowed to address the crowd after Brutus finishes his explanation. Beginning with "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears," Anton...

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... about the battle of Actium, and from even his grandfather about Antony's generous entertaining in Alexandria. He was a Greek philosopher, and so his sympathies ran more towards his fellow countrymen than the Roman subjects of his detailed studies. Shakespeare, distilling North's version at the time when his creative skills were at their height, was able to use both the language and the ... the play. An example of this is: "His legs bestrid the ocean; his reared arm Crested the world; his voice was propertied As all the tuned spheres, and that to friends; But when he meant to quail and s...

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... have no authority on which way their life travels. Politicians soften them with their choice words; advertisers try to gain their money with their arguments. Even friends will try to convince a person to do something, all using the art of persuasion. Every way you turn, the power of language bombards your feelings ... moment of the story, however, is the speech at the Forum in Act III, Scene II. The two speakers, Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony, are both friends of Julius Caesar; however, the difference between them is that Brutus was part of the conspiracy to kill Caesar, yet Antony stay...

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... it was kill one of his best friends. And he proves that throughout the book Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. For one the only reason Brutus agreed to be in on the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar was for the better of all Roman people. He felt it was in the best interest of his fellow countrymen. Brutus even states, "let us be ... ...

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