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SOAPSTone: Speech Analysis Brutus Act 3 Scene 2 (12-41) Antony (70-104)

Speaker Who is the speaker? The speaker is Antony, he’s a 53 year old male giving his funeral speech about
Caesar. Antony was a loyal friend of Caesars and had always supported him and
Identify the speaker’s age, gender, class, been on his side since day one. He was Caesar's closest companion and was
and education. extremely obedient towards Caesar.
“He was my friend, faithful and just to me.”
What can you tell or what do you know about
the speaker that helps you understand the
point of view expressed?

Occasion What is the time and place of the piece? The current situation that prompted this writing was the death of Caesar leading to
What is the current situation (that prompted his funeral and Antony giving his funeral speech. The event was a funeral that had
the writing)? taken place after Caesar had gotten stabbed to death.
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
Is this a political event, a celebration, an
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
observation, a critique, or ...?
The evil that men do lives after them;”

Audience Who are the people to whom this piece is Antony’s speech was directed towards the plebeians of Rome. He had wanted his
directed? It may be one person or a specific speech to be heard towards a large group of people so everyone could hear how he
group. felt towards the situation. Antony specifies his audience by starting his speech with,
“friends, Romans, country men '' to show that this speech was directed towards a
Does the speaker specify an audience?
widespread audience. As of now what's assumed of the intended audience is
What assumptions exist in the text about the Antony thinks that the audience should be mourning as they had all loved him once.
intended audience? “But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause.
What causes you to mourn for him?”

Purpose What is the purpose behind the text? What is The purpose behind the text was to get the audience to mob against the
the speaker’s goal? (To find the purpose, conspirators for killing Caesar by using logical points and persuade the audience
ask, “What did the speaker want his Caesar was a good man. Antony had wanted the mob to get angry at the
audience to think or do as a result of hearing conspirators for killing Caesar and wanted both Antony and Caesar to look like good
this text?”)
men with swaying and convincing statements. The message of Antony’s speech
What is the message? was to reveal to the audience that Antony had been against the conspirators and
wanted the people of Rome to be in his favor. Antony conveys this message by
How does the speaker convey this using an emotional aspect in his speech striking an emotional feeling in the
message? audience, and repeating phrases such as, “Brutus is an honorable man” showing
 irony in Brutus’s words making him look bad and dishonorable and the people
favoring Antony.
“Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,
And, sure, he is an honorable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,”

Subject What topic, content, and ideas are included The overall topic and subject of Antony’s speech was to prove to the citizens that
in the text? State the subject in a few words Brutus and the conspirators were in the wrong and Caesar should not have been
or a short phrase. killed in the first place. His subject is not only wanting to prove to the citizens that
Caesar was a good man, but also to make Brutus look dishonorable by showing the
Is there more than one subject?
irony of his words. Antony presents his subject by not immediately going against
How does the speaker present the subject? Brutus’s words, but first using dramaticness to show how good of a person Caesar
Does he introduce it immediately or do you, was, then slowly eases into calling Brutus an honorable man, but secretly shows
the reader, have to make an inference? irony making the reader make an inference.
“And men have lost their reason. Bear with me
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it comes back to me.”

Tone What is the attitude of the speaker? The attitude of Antony is rather dramatic about this topic as well as ironic, he is
Is the speaker emotional, objective, neutral, clearly biased showing he had always been loyal to Caesar and has always been on
or biased about this topic? his side. Small details like “my heart is a coffin with Caesar” shows the dramaticness
of Antony and his attitude towards the topic. Antony constantly uses repetition
What types of details “tell” the speaker’s
throughout his speech, repeating, “Brutus is an honorable man” showing irony and
feelings about the topic?
judgmentalness reflecting his tone. Sarcasm is also used, in the same repeating
What types of diction (choice of words), statement, meaning Antony is anything but honorable and Brutus should feel
syntax (sentence structure), and imagery shame.
(metaphors, similes, and other types of “But Brutus says he was ambitious,
figurative language) help reflect the tone? And Brutus is an honorable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome”

Directions: Give an example of each of the following. Explain the appeal and its effect.

Ethos- “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.” He uses friendly titles towards his intended audience because Antony wants to gain a
closer connection with the people of Rome to show that he is a trustworthy and caring man.

Pathos- “Come I to speak at Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me.” Antony emphasizes the word “just” to show the audience
that Caesar was a good man and deserved nothing bad, this shows that Caesar was a loyal man and seemed like a good person overall.
Logos- “Is this the work of an ambitious man? When the poor cried, Caesar cried too. Ambition shouldn’t be so soft. Yet Brutus says he was
ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man.” Brutus had said Caesar was too “ambitious” even though Antony had managed to come up with
several logical points as to why Cesar was actually not ambitious. This shows that the audience can logically see and understand a new view point
that Caesar wasn’t actually ambitious to begin with.