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Brutus’s Speech to the Roman Populace in Julius Caesar

Brutus’s Speech to the Roman Populace in Julius Caesar . H’what (aspiration) happens? The events that incite Brutus to speak. Roman officials fed up with people blindly following Caesar—too much power Cassius plans assassination of Caesar, deceitfully recruits Brutus to join him

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Brutus’s Speech to the Roman Populace in Julius Caesar

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  1. Brutus’s Speech to the Roman Populace in Julius Caesar

  2. H’what (aspiration) happens? The events that incite Brutus to speak • Roman officials fed up with people blindly following Caesar—too much power • Cassius plans assassination of Caesar, deceitfully recruits Brutus to join him • Caesar ignores wife’s warning, gets murdered • Never ignore advice from a woman named Calpurnia • Brutus & Cassius win over Romans with speeches

  3. SOAPS

  4. Subject • Brutus is addressing… • Caesar’s tyrannical and ambitious aspirations • his own love for his country • why Caesar had to be killed

  5. Occasion • The Roman populace just heard about Caesar’s death—they are angry, confused, seeking answers

  6. Audience • “Romans, countrymen, and lovers…”

  7. Purpose • Stop the bleeding • Justify Caesar’s death • Unite a broken country

  8. Speaker • Brutus

  9. Brutus’s speech to the Roman populace • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6X-8dokRE

  10. Strategies—appeals utilized • “Romans, countrymen, and lovers” –ethos • “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I lovedRome more.” –antithesis • “…as I slew my best lover for thegood of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself,when it shall please my country to need my death.”—ethos • “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him…” • Intimidation: “Who is here so rude…” • “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?”

  11. Diction • A gold mine of archaic language • The tone of the speech is formal and explanative • “…his glory not extenuated, wherein he was worthy, nor his offences enforced, for which he suffered death.”

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