Two Oractions To The Citizens of Rome
Two Orations to the Citizens of Rome In Shakespeare’s version of Julius Caesar, the assassination of Julius Caesar takes place and conspirators go directly to the Forum to explain to the angry crowd why they felt it necessary to eliminate him. ... He justifies conspiring against Caesar by using ethos and logos to explain how Caesars ambition would have hurt Rome. ... ” appealing to their consciousness, as citizens of Rome, who, he later says, will benefit as freeman with Caesars death. ... His speech is three times as long as Brutus’ and will cause the Roman citizens to commit violent acts towards the conspirators. ... Antony also disproves Caesars ambition with these three examples: stating that Caesar had brought many captives home to Rome, that he wept with the poor, and he refused the crown. ... Now he decides it is a good time to read the will and let the citizens know what it contained.