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Third Plebeian

Political Rhetoric and the Masses

Brutus’s tour de force of interwoven rhetorical devices in Julius Caesar (3.2.14) sways the crowd away from their anger at the assassins to cheering them. This speech, however, is outdone by Mark Antony’s masterpiece of manipulation (3.2.82), which whiplashes the crowd back to outrage and riot. But, in fact, Brutus had failed in his speech even before Mark Antony opened his mouth.
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Romans, countrymen, and lovers

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Marcus Brutus
Romans, countrymen, and lovers,Exordium hear me for my
cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me
for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor
that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom,
and awake your senses, that you may the better judge.Epanalepses & Isocolon

There is tears for his love;
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Source:

Julius Caesar

Act 3

Scene 2

Line 14

Source Type:

Plays

Spoken by:

First Plebeian, Fourth Plebeian, Marcus Brutus, Plebeians, Second Plebeian, Third Plebeian

Themes:

Ambition, Assassination

Figures of Speech:

Alliosis, Anaphora, Epanalepsis, Epistrophe, Exordium, Hypophora, Isocolon, Pysma

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