In Mark Antony’s speech, it can be seen that Mark Antony
attempts to win over the mob to his side by a number of things. First, he begins the speech with “Friends,
Romans, country men.” By beginning the
speech by calling those present “Friends,” he relates to those present by
insinuating he is just like them and that they are all friends. Next, Mark Antony carefully avoids the use of
negativity and “finger pointing” by only stating the positive Julius Cesar has
done. He presents the positive actions
he observed of Julius Cesar as a sort of rebuttal to the view some senators had
of Julius Cesar as “ambitious.” By
stating placing himself with the view as an equal to those present in the mob
and by remaining positive with positive choice of words and descriptions, he
succeeds in winning over the mob.
