Julius Caesar: Comparison of the Eulogies of Mark Antony and Brutus Ess

Eulogy, noun. A well versed, powerful delivery which praises someone after their death. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there are 2 of the most famous, and repeated eulogies ever spoken. These eulogies are very powerful and peach to everyone. They are both written very eloquently, but very dissimilar at the same time. One is written as a sorrow for Caesar, while the other is written as a man who wants to gather others feel guilty for his doing. Both speeches seem to tug on the life strings of Romes public. They both use different techniques of draught the crowd into their thinking. In the speeches we can see notes of oral irony, speech structure, and repeating of words that help to persuade the crowds of plebeians.The first way that the speeches differed is the use of verbal irony. Antonys use of irony comes close to bordering on sarcasm. Friends, Romans, countryman, lend me your ears, I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. (III.II.80-84) says Antony when maki ng his opening asseveration to the crowd. He addresses the crowd as friends, so as to put them on a...