Rhetorical Mastery in Mark Antony’s Speech
Words: 594 Pages: 2 8405Rhetoric's gladiators clash in Rome's forum as Caesar's ghost haunts Shakespeare's stage. Mark Antony, a loyal friend to Caesar, rises to speak after Brutus, one of the conspirators, has justified the murder by labeling Caesar as a tyrant. Antony's objective is to sway the public opinion back in favor of Caesar, and he masterfully employs rhetorical techniques to achieve this. Through the strategic use of parallelism, antistrophe, and ethos, Antony discredits the claim that Caesar was overly ambitious and persuades […]