Brutus V. Antony: Compare the speeches made by Brutus and Antony after Caesar's death. Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare

<Tab/>Brutus and Antony are both portrayed as above average orators in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, and they both use this skill to achieve there preplanned goals in there speeches. Brutus's goal was to rationalize the assassination of Caesar and to convince the people that Brutus and his fellow conspirators were actually heroes for what they did. On the other hand Antony's goal was to turn the people …

…the irony of the situation, and the use of the principles of human behavior. But in the end Antony was the one that got the peoples allegiance, this can be because of the fact that Antony was a better speaker, pointed out more irony in the situation, used more principles of human behavior than Brutus, or it could be something as simple as the fickleness of the crowd and the luck that Antony spoke last.