I Have a Dream Speech Antony’s Funeral Oration Embedded Assessment 2

Essential Question What rhetorical devices does King and M. Antony use in their speeches? What impact do their rhetorical devices have on their audiences?

Is Caesar really ambitious? Fact or Opinion Lines 75-109 Mark Antony lists 3 facts to disprove Brutus’ claim that Caesar was ambitious. Caesar was generous, compassionate, and humble.

Caesar’s Generous Nature “He bought captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.” Lines 90-1

Compassionate “When that the poor hath cried, Caesar hath wept.” Line 93

Humble “I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse” Lines 98-99

Are Brutus and the Conspirators Honorable? How does Mark Antony prove to the crowd that Brutus and the conspirators are dishonorable without saying they are? Lines 75-109

Are Brutus, Cassius and other conspirators really honorable? 84 -85 “For Brutus is an honorable man, so they all are honorable men. 88-9 “But Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man” 95-96 “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man. 100-101 Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and sure Brutus is an honorable man. Negative conjunctions before he calls Brutus an honorable man. Sarcasm is used as insults through compliments or reverses the meaning of “honorable” through repetition.

Pathos How does Antony make the crowd feel pity and guilt? Lines 108-9 My heart is in the coffin….I must pause till it come back to me. – feel his sadness and grief Line 105 What cause withholds you to mourn for him. – feel guilty Will – Guilty, Angry Caesar’s mutilated body – Lines 174-200

L 126-9 I would chose to wrong the dead… than to wrong such honorable men. L 153-4 I fear I wrong the honorable men…. L 215 They that have done this deed are honorable. L 220 I am no orator as Brutus is…. L 217 They are wise and honorable L 225 Nor the power of speech to stir men’s blood.

“You are not wood, stones” Line 144 “I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke” Line 103 “If I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I would do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong” Line 123 “I fear I wrong such honorable men…” Line 153-4 “I must not read it” “Let me not stir you up to such a sudden flood of mutiny.” Line 214 “I am no orator as Brutus is…” Line 220 “I come not to steal away your hearts” Line 219

Thesis Statement In Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream Speech and in Antony’s funeral oration from Skakespeare’s Julius Caesar both speakers use (rhetorical device 1), (rhetorical device 2), and (rhetorical device 3) to (write the speakers’ purpose).

Ethos Sample Body Paragraph Outline Mark Antony quickly moves the hostile crowd from believing Caesar was a tyrant by questioning the morality of the conspirators’ actions in order to avenge his mentor’s death. I. To sway the crowd’s opinion of Caesar, Mark Antony wants the crowd to see Brutus’ actions as dishonorable. A. “For Brutus is an honorable man, so they all are honorable men.” (3.2. 84- 85) B. “But Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man”(3.2.89-90) C. “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and sure Brutus is an honorable man.” (3.2.100-1)

Pathos Sample Body Paragraph Outline Mark Antony provides a contrasting perspective of Caesar disproving any assertion that Caesar was a threat to the republic through his descriptions of Caesar’s generosity to force people to feel the grief of his death. I. Mark Antony describes Caesar’s good characteristics to dispel the assumption that Caesar was ambitious. ““He bought captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.” (90-91) “When poor cried, Caesar hath wept” (Line ) “When I thrice…..” (Line ) .

Making the Connection What is the speaker’s intention by using the rhetorical device? Fact vs. Opinion - Antony uses facts about Caesar’s ___________ to ___________________. Sarcasm – Antony’s sarcastic comments to cast doubt on ___________________________. Reverse Meaning/Repetition – To sway the crowd’s opinion of Caesar, Mark Antony _____________________________. Theatrical gestures – Antony manipulates the crowd with his theatrical gestures to move the crowd from __________________ to ______________________.

Making the Connection Fact vs. Opinion - Antony uses facts about Caesar’s good qualities to show that Caesar was not ambitious. Sarcasm – Antony’s sarcastic comments cast doubt on Brutus’ claim that Caesar was ambitious . Reverse Meaning/Repetition – To sway the crowd’s opinion of Caesar, Mark Antony wants the crowd to see Brutus’ actions as dishonorable/deceptive. Theatrical gestures – Antony manipulates the crowd with his theatrical gestures to move the crowd from feeling grief over Caesar’s death to being enraged with the conspirators.