Julias Caesar

Brutus Attempting to Manipulate

Brutus expresses his style via diction and details. To show why Brutus stabbed Caesar, he said, "Not that I love Caesar less, but I loved Rome more." Brutus was taking sides with the living people, not the deceased ruler. This shows that loyalty for country is greater than loyalty to a single person. "I slew my best lover for the good of Rome," is what Brutus declares to dramatize his speech. It moves the audience to feel sorry for Brutus. Brutus utilizes diction mostly to protect himself, not to convince the audience to dislike Caesar.

As well as Diction, Brutus employs details in his speech. When he convey, "Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe," he is telling the audience to believe and respect him because he is honorable. However, he omits the fact that what did with the other conspirators was dishonorable. To show that he reacted to Caesar, Brutus cries, "As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him; but - as he was ambitious, I slew him." Brutus does not explain to the audience the difference between feeling a certain way and committing a certain crime. The extremity to which Brutus goes as Caesar is ambitions is exceedingly much. Brutus exploits diction and details in his speech, but not considerably enough.