Emotional Speech Analysis William Shakespeares Julius Caesar is a Shakespeare included many good speeches in his plays; one ofthe best was the one delivered by Antony. Antonys speech came very shortly after JuliusCaesars death, and the city was in much chaos. The crowd had just heard Brutussspeech. Brutus was one of the murderers of Caesar. Antony was trying to raise the crowdto mutiny. His speech appealed to ones emotions and used many rhetorical devices. Antonyuses repetition to appeal to a common folks emotions. He repeats the words Brutus isan honorable man. The statement, however, was really being said with a sarcastic tone.Brutus is really not an honorable man. This restatement is emphasizing the importance ofthe sarcasm. The word honorable becomes a bad word by the end of his speech. Thisplayed directly on the emotion of patriotism and not to appear stupid. Another use ofrepetition and rhythm would be him describing Caesar as ambitious. He also turns themean of ambitious around. In this case, however, he turns it from bad to good. Antonysays that he does not wish to disgrace Brutus honorable name. But Brutus says he isambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man (insert line #'s ). This quote proves howAntony kept mentioning about Brutus and the Concpirators. Although he mentions thatBrutus is an honorable man, he means the opposite. Antony wants mutiny against theConspirators. He wants revenge. Antonys technique of repetition proves originalnality. This appealed to the emotion of appearing not foolish. This is a good emotion toappeal to, because one wants to always feel smart and educated and have an opinion onsomething. Antony also used rhetorical questions. The most prominent question waswhether the people thought Caesar was truly ambitious. He was not expecting a replywhen he would ask whether Caesar was ambitious. The emotion of appearing not to befoolish would probably best go along with this statement and rhetorical devi...
