Question

Which are the main major differences between Brutus and Antony’s speeches. write two paragraphs that describe their use of pursuits apparels comparing and contrasting and their speeches

Answer 1

The basic difference between the funeral speeches of Brutus and Antony is that Brutus, characteristically, appeals to reason and logic, while Antony, characteristically, appeals to emotions. Brutus is an introverted, solitary philosopher, and his speech to the citizens is totally in character. He explains his reasons for killing Caesar. He is also a trained orator and delivers a sort of model of classic rhetoric. This is particularly obvious in the balanced sentences he uses in his opening remarks.                               "COMPARISON" Similarities: Brutus's purpose was to control the crowd as was Anthony's. Brutus began his speach with a hostile crowd against him as a murderer of the popular Julius Caesar. When Anthony spoke the crowd had already been swayed by Brutus' words to a point of view opposite Anthony's and were now openly hostile to him. Both men spoke eloquently and effectively and their moment before the crowd was the key moment in their political lives. Differences: Brutus spoke first, Anthony had the last word. Brutus spoke directly in abstract terms about an unproven and unprovable shortcoming in Caesar's character and the threat it posed to the future of Rome. Anthony spoke ironically and sarcastically about the recent murder of the butchered man lain out before them: as concrete a subject matter imaginable. 

Answer 2

There are several major differences between the two speeches. Brutus is a conspirator, and he has been involved in the death of Caesar. His main purpose when addressing the crowd is to convince them of the fact that Caesar's death was fair and beneficial to Rome, and that no punishment or hate should fall on the conspirators.His speech has some rhetorical devices, but it mostly focuses on painting an image of Caesar as a bad influence on Rome.

Antony has a more difficult task ahead of him. He did not participate in the murder, but he is getting a second chance thanks to the conspirators. This means that he has to show he does not disagree with their acts. However, he does not want to talk badly about Caesar. The result is a speech full of rhetorical devices that is intended to rise the crowd into opposition to the conspirators, while never openly saying he disagrees with them.