Brutus and Marc Antony’s Coercion In Coercion, Douglas Rushkoff explains how easily people are easily coerced. For example, Rushkoff states that people are convinced by car salesman to pay more for a car than they wanted to. In Julius Caesar, Marc Antony asks to speak at the funeral of his dear friend, Julius Caesar, after one of the murderers, Brutus, speaks. Brutus convinces the Romans that Caesar would be a tyrant if he did …showed first 75 words of 738 total…

…showed last 75 words of 738 total…I believe that Brutus and Antony took advantage of the Romans while they were in shock of the murder of their ruler. However, I think Antony uses his coercion ability for a good cause and tries to save what is left of Caesar. While Brutus tries to manipulate the Romans to think that the actions of Caesar are for himself and not Rome. Brutus is a great orator, but he loses this debate to Antony.