Marcus Antonius‚ commonly known in English as Mark Antony (Latin:M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N)[note 1] (January 14‚ 83 BC – August 1‚ 30 BC)‚ was a Romanpolitician and general. As a military commander and administrator‚ he was an important supporter and loyal friend of his mother ’s cousin Julius Caesar. AfterCaesar ’s assassination‚ Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian (the future Augustus) and Lepidus‚ known to historians today as the Second Triumvirate. The triumvirate broke up in
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay For The Washington Post‚ author Ruth Marcus explains in “Food Stamp Fight on Deck in the House” the conflict between Democrats and Republicans on whether to cut food stamp program spending or not. She explains that Democrats support the spending of food stamps‚ while Republicans do not. In her editorial‚ Marcus develops concerned logos to prove her apprehensiveness as to why cutting food stamps is both disagreeable and hurtful to society. Her message was
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Rhetorical Analysis Essay In the speech‚ “9/11 Address to the Nation” former president George W. Bush delivers a message to the American people and those around the world. Bush addresses the event to people all around the world and the actions of what is going to happen. In his speech‚ Bush builds his credibility by connecting to the audience’s shared values. One shared value that he uses in his speech is the pronoun “our”. For example‚ “Our country is strong.” He uses “our”
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Subsequently‚ Antony uses is powerful oration skills‚ on both the conspirators and citizens‚ to strive for justice for the old Roman leader as he commences the organization of the second triumvirate. Firstly‚ following Caesar’s death Antony requests that he be allowed to take the body to the town forum and give a funeral speech in honor and remembrance of Caesar’s life.Brutus agrees to the requests so Antony addresses the crowd by saying‚ If I were disposed to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny
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“It Is That I Love Brutus More” Mark Antony and Brutus’ speeches both successfully used rhetorical strategies to manipulate Caesar’s funeral rabblement‚ but only one can be the winner‚ Brutus. With superior logos and pathos‚ he captivated his audience with a short and sweet delivery. Antony may have turned the crowd against Brutus in the end‚ but only had the opportunity to do so because his speech was after his opponent’s. In his speech‚ Brutus proved the better of the two when employing logos he says
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“Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott‚ is a hilarious must read for junior high school students and any other aspiring writers. Her essay inspires comfort and confidence in writing a first draft. It concretes that all writers experience the “shitty” first draft. Anne Lamott wrote this instructional information in 1995‚ but it is timeless information. She blows the idea of writing an immaculate first draft out of the water. Anne supports the idea that bad first drafts will almost always lead to better
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Rhetorical Analysis of an Argument The Direct TV commercial “Don’t attend your own funeral” focuses on the quality of service‚ and the customer service of regular cable in comparison to Direct TV. From the beginning scene and progression of the commercial‚ it’s implied that cable service is bad‚ causing customers to need someone to come fix the service. This would trigger a chain of events‚ outrageously resulting in having to fake a funeral. As unbelievable and
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Brutus discusses the time in United States history where the public was called to make a right decisions. This decision would impact their liberty along with that of future unborn generations to come. The ideal of ratifying the constitution in the distant past. In this case‚ this anti-federalist analyzes whether to adopt the constitution. Brutus warned that there were insufficient protections against the expansion of government in the Constitution. In the past‚ when individuals part with power‚ the
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Brutus and Cassius In Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”‚ two important dynamic characters‚ Cassius and Brutus‚ play the role to bring the tragedy into Julius’ life. Cassius is revealed to have villainous and disapproving elements towards Caesar which is significant in this tragedy for its contribution to the theme. Brutus first turns out as a close friend to Caesar but as Cassius later on persuades him to have a similar view on Caesar‚ he slowly transforms
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to have flaws just like we do. In Shakespeare’s play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”‚ we are introduced to Brutus. Brutus is portrayed as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is the protagonist of a tragedy. Brutus is a leader and citizen of Rome who leads in the killing of Julius Caesar. Brutus is considered to be a tragic hero because of his strong qualities yet he had many flaws. Brutus is considered to be a tragic hero because of the way he puts his trust in others. For example‚
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