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Antony's Speech In Julius Caesar
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In the story, Julius Caesar, two mean with two different beliefs come to the same crowd to share their story and to bring forth their cause. Both of their speeches brought passion and true conviction. Taking the crowd to all extremes, the favor was with Brutus, until Antony came to the podium. Antony's speech swayed the crowd in such a way, the crowd turns, into a mad, chanting to kill the conspirorators.

When Brutus comes out to confront the crowd, he addresses his speech to everyone, " Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear."(298) When he starts his speech, and is presenting it to the people of Rome, he sounds believable, and trustworthy. He tells of that, " Not that I lov'd Caesar less, but that I lov'd Rome more."(298) He wants the People of Rome to know that, if this were not to happen to Caesar, "then you all will live like slaves."(298) Caesar was ambitious and that is why he must be killed. Since he is dead you all can be freemen, Free to live your lives without Caesar, but under the control of a new leader.
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He defends the noble Brutus. " Brutus is an honorable man"(300), so if he tells of Caesar being ambitious then you all should believe him. He expresses to everyone the reasons and times, "as he was ambitious"(300). Everything had a reason and truth behind it and for this is why they believed Antony. For, " Antony himself was an honorable

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