Figurative Language In Julius Caesar

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Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most well known plays. In the play, two characters named Marc Antony and Brutus go up against each other at Caesar’s funeral. Both men had the same goal of trying to control the crowd, but each had different ways of speaking. The main difference between the two was how they addressed the audience. Brutus, characteristically, appeals to reason and logic, while Antony, appeals to emotions.

Of the two, Brutus is more the thinking rational one. He is of the opinion that men can be persuaded with facts and reason and throughout his entire speech he is on edge to prove himself and his claims. For most of the speech, he talks of himself so the word “I” is used frequently. He assumes that his critical thinking will be shared by the men listening, because typically we all tend to judge others by ourselves. Antony, on the other hand is characterized as extroverted and he found pleasure in the fine things in life. He loves to drink wine and drinking alcohol in theory is …show more content…
Brutus was one of the senate assassins and he had his life to worry about so he redirected the attention to Caesar and how the assassins did a great favor for Rome. That left Antony with a crowd that viewed Caesar as a tyrant, but he was able to rekindle the hatred for the assassins. He talked about how he and everyone loved Caesar and how much he disliked the conspirators and wanted revenge on them. He said “What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? O judgement, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.” That quotes speaks to how much of an informal speech is being given and how much emotion is felt. We see how much emotion and irrationality is present when Cinna the poet gets shredded to

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