From the novel; Julius Ceasar
Marcus Antonius roused the public to mutiny in his funeral speech in Julius Ceasar partly because he succeeded in discrediting Brutus ans Cassius by calling them ‘honorable men’, when in fact he consciously organized his speech to prove that they were dishonorable. This device is known as
- allegory
- hyperbole
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irony
- 'O Julius Caesar! thou art might yet!