A political play by Shakespeare depicting RHETORICISM at its best.

1. JULIUS CAESAR
CHINKY GOSWAMI
By- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

3. About the Playwright
William Shakespearewas an English poet,
playwright, and actor. He was born on 26 April 1564
in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a successful
local businessman and his mother was the daughter
of a landowner. Shakespeare is widely regarded as
the greatest writer in the English language and the
world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called
England's national poet and nicknamed the Bard of
Avon. He wrote about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two
long narrative poems, and a few other verses, of
which the authorship of some is uncertain. His plays
have been translated into every major living
language and are performed more often than those
of any other playwright.

7. CHARACTERS

15. RHETORIC AND POWER
Julius Caesar gives detailed consideration to the
relationship between rhetoric and power. The ability to
make things happen by words alone is the most powerful
type of authority. Words also serve to move hearts and
minds, as Act III evidences. Antony cleverly convinces the
conspirators of his desire to side with them: “Let each man
render me with his bloody hand” (III.i.185). Under the guise
of a gesture of friendship, Antony actually marks the
conspirators for vengeance.
In the Forum, Brutus speaks to the crowd and appeals to
its love of liberty in order to justify the killing of Caesar. He
also makes ample reference to the honor in which he is
generally esteemed so as to validate further his
explanation of the deed.
Antony likewise wins the crowd’s favor, using persuasive
rhetoric to whip the masses into a frenzy so great that they
don’t even realize the fickleness of their favor.

16. DECIUS BRUTUS’S RHETORICISM

19. MONOLOGUE
A long speech by one actor in a play
or film, or as part of a theatrical or
broadcast programme.

20. BRUTUS’S SPEECH

25. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANTONY’S AND BRUTUS’S SPEECH