Julius Caesar And Mark Antony

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At Caesar’s memorial for his death the people are moved by Brutus’ speech, but they find Mark Antony’s speech way more convincing. Antony’s speech appealed to the crowds emotions, while Brutus’s speech was more direct and he kept giving explanations for why Caesar was assassinated, saying it was for the good of Rome. But unlike Brutus Antony used emotions to sway the crowd. Brutus said that that they killed Caesar because he was ambitious. Mark Antony used questions like “You all saw on the Lupercal, that i presented Caesar with a crown three times, and he refused three times: Did Caesar seem ambitious then? And “When the poor cried, Caesar had cried: Did Caesar seem ambitious? To notify that Caesar was not ambitious at all. Mark Antony also

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