In Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, two public speakers try to persuade their audience to be on their side. Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony both appeals to the three realms of rhetoric but Antony's speech is more persuasive than Brutus'.

Both Brutus and Antony's persuasion is attempted through sympathetic identification and admiration for the speaker. Caesar's will plays a good role in this kind of persuasion.

Fourth Plebeian. We'll hear the will; read it, Mark

Antony.

All. The will, the will! We will hear

Caesar's will! (3.2.138-140).

Mark Antony uses the will to get the audience's attention and to focus on one thing, Caesar's death. Antony praises Caesar, which shows how noble he is toward Caesar and this gives the audiences something to admire from Antony. Brutus' speech is somehow different from Antony's. ."..as he was ambitious, I slew him" (3.2.26-27). This is...