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The Powerful Persuasion of Plebeians
The effectiveness of both speeches by Brutus and Antony in the play "The
Tragedy of Julius Caesar," though is obvious to the audience, can be
compared and contrasted. The play, written by William Shakespeare, invokes
key aspects to whether each speech was successful or a failure. He created
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.... wounds that the conspirators
inflicted drove them further into anger. He also used a couple of sneaky
tactics to help his mission of revenge. First was the repetition of the
phrase “honorable men,” referring to the conspirators and Brutus. Then he
teased the audience with the will, saying “It is not meet you know how
Caesar loved you,” (III, ii, 142), but waiting until the audience was riled
up enough to go against his own word and read the part of the will that
left Caesar’s possessions to the people. Antony was clever in his approach,
turning the crowd to take his revenge, yet staying d ....
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