Logan

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 * 1) Mark Antony is delivering this speech at the burial of Julius Caesar. He is trying to entice the Roman people into anger. His purpose is to incite a movement against the murderers of Caesar. At first, the Roman people speak of the tyranny of Caesar and have no will to avenge him. Antony’s speech inflames these men and women into action.
 * 2) The Roman people gathered at the burial of Caesar.
 * 3) Pathos. Antony wants to enrage the people. In order to provoke emotion, he appealed to emotion. He uses weighty words, like evil and honourable. Antony pauses during his speech due to extreme emotion. He also appeals to ethos, since murder and treason are wicked acts.
 * 4) Yes, the argument is very effective. He causes the people to change from feeling fairly indifferent about Caesar’s death to being enraged about his brutal murder.
 * 5) I don’t think the speech could be better. Not seen in this portion, but Antony reveals Caesars will. The people desire to see it, but Antony won’t reveal it. He states that they would get too angry, even though they aren’t the heirs. After they get even more irritated, he reveals the will and that each and every Roman citizen are the recipients of part of Caesar’s fortune. This was the final blow to the argument.