How does shakespeare use parallel structure in julius caesars funeral speech?
He uses parallel structure throughout the speech to create contrasts. Marc Antony wishes to create these contrasts to build sympathy for Caesar, whom Brutus has slandered, and to cast a negative light on Brutus. Take for example the following excerpt: The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones, These lines imply Caesar’s goodness rather than his evil is buried with him. Marc Antony points this out, however, because he does not want the audience to remember Caesar’s evil; he wants them to remember Caesar’s goodness thus undermining Brutus as the national hero.
