...imagination. The use of these devices allow the readers to become more involved in the story, and it becomes more enjoyable. Decius is simply attempting to persuade Caesar into coming to the Senate House despite Calphurnia’s nightmare. Decius targets mainly Caesar’s pride while Calphurnia is attempting to reach out to him with compassion and sympathy. In the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare reveals his understanding of the audience, uses...
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...Rhetoric in Julius Caesar under the microscope What is Rhetoric? Rhetoric is the art of persuasion to form man's mind to the speaker’s point of view. Aristotle, a Greek Philosopher, born 384 BCE in the city Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece, defined the art of persuasion. Therefore, man has used Rhetoric for all of humanity's existence. Politicians have used Rhetoric to prove their party correct. The bible even has rhetoric in Jesus’s parables and when Moses freed Israelites from captivity. Rhetoric is everywhere you look. The ability to win over a crowd with only your words is a God given talent that many men do not have. Rhetoric is the most important part of of persuasion. Rhetoric can be divided into three different categories Logos, Pathos,...
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...Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony uses his words to change the perspective of the commoners about the horrid death of their former commander Julius Caesar. Throughout the play, the commoners are found changing their minds on issues constantly and can be swayed just by words spoken by Antony. The intentional use of rhetoric used by Antony at Caesar’s own funeral persuades the commoners to revolt against the senators. Throughout Antony’s speech, he uses all three modes of persuasion (ethos, pathos, and logos) to make his funeral orientation a success. Ethos is a key point in making Antony an influential speaker towards his audience. Antony’s use of ethos helps convince the commoners to take his side and influences the commoners. When Antony explains how much of a friend he was to Caesar, he convinces the audience of how qualified he is to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Antony states, “Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. / He was my friend, faithful and just to me;” (III.ii.85-86). Antony explains to the commoners that he has in fact been one of Caesar’s noblest men, an honorable friend....
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...their deceased friend, Julius Caesar, convincing the people to join their side and beliefs. In the book, Julius Caesar, By William Shakespeare, Brutus and the other Conspirators went against Julius Caesar for the benefits of Rome and the people. They believed that Julius Caesar had too much power and would eventually abuse it. Mark Antony was Julius Caesar’s “sidekick”, and would help Caesar out in any situation. Both Brutus and Mark Antony used rhetorical appeals, logos, ethos, and pathos, to persuade the crowd that julius caesar was killed wrongly and unjustifiably or for the better of rome. Brutus and Mark Anthony tried to persuade the audience by using pathos to get their point across to the crowd. They both used emotion to make the audience feel sympathetic and understanding of their point towards the disagreement. When Brutus was presenting his speech he used Pathos to make the crowd understand why he killed Julius Caesar. Brutus said, “not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.” He wanted the people to understand that he wanted the best for Rome and the only way...
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...envious conspirators against Caesar, for they all wanted was their time to shine. In the tragedy, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare the close ‘friends’ of Caesar form a conspiracy to plan his murder. Their dissatisfaction and covetousness of his single handed rule set the stage for the revolutionary action to take place; the murder of the emperor, Julius Caesar. The scheming Cassius, praising Decius, and dedicated Antony all use a labyrinthine combination of rhetorical devices and modes of persuasion to coerce their victims into their desires of either the death of Caesar or the condemnation of the conspirators....
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...Julius Caesar is primarily about a leader who is betrayed by his senate and one of the people he trusts the most, Brutus, who lead a conspiracy to assassinate him. The assassination occurs due to Caesar's new power and its threat to the old republican institutions. After the conspirators murder Julius Caesar, Brutus and Mark Antony, a close friend of Caesar, made speeches at Caesar's funeral. Each tries to persuade the crowd to follow their explanation concerning the death. They both use different rhetorical appeals to win the crowd over and in this essay I will be comparing and contrasting those speeches. Shakespeare uses the logo appeal through Brutus' speech, which means Brutus is giving a more rational speech and giving the crowd reasons...
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...language is the generic term for any artful deviation from the ordinary mode of speaking or writing. It is what makes up a writer’s style – how he or she uses language. The general thinking is that we are more likely to be persuaded by rhetoric that is interesting, even artful, rather than mundane. When John F. Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country” (an example of anastrophe), it was more interesting – and more persuasive – than the simpler, “Don’t be selfish.” Indeed, politicians and pundits use these devices to achieve their desired effect on the reader or listener nearly every time they speak. The stylistic elements in a piece of writing work to produce a desired effect related to the text’s (and author’s) purpose, and thus reveals the rhetorical situation. In classical rhetoric, figures of speech are divided into two main groups: Schemes — Deviation from the ordinary pattern or arrangement of words (transference of order). Tropes — Deviation from the ordinary and principal meaning of a word (transference of meaning). *Important Note: Words marked with an asterisk* are words for which it would be impossible for you to write 3 examples for your weekly vocabulary assignment. In those cases, please write only the definition, in your own words, and the rhetorical uses/effect of that device, or do what you are instructed to do under those words. Please mark these words that deviate from the ordinary assignment with an...
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...Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank to accompany A First Look at Communication Theory Sixth Edition Em Griffin Wheaton College prepared by Glen McClish San Diego State University and Emily J. Langan Wheaton College Published by McGrawHill, an imprint of The McGrawHill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright Ó 2006, 2003, 2000, 1997, 1994, 1991 by The McGrawHill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. The contents, or parts thereof, may be reproduced in print form solely for classroom use with A First Look At Communication Theory provided such reproductions bear copyright notice, but may not be reproduced in any other form or for any other purpose without the prior written consent of The McGrawHill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, in any network or other electronic storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. PREFACE Rationale We agreed to produce the instructor’s manual for the sixth edition of A First Look at Communication Theory because it’s a first-rate book and because we enjoy talking and writing about pedagogy. Yet when we recall the discussions we’ve had with colleagues about instructor’s manuals over the years, two unnerving comments stick with us: “I don’t find them much help”; and (even worse) “I never look at them.” And, if the truth be told, we were often the people making such points! With these statements in mind, we have done some serious soul-searching about the texts that so many teachers—ourselves...
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