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Cicero Chapter 59 Summative Assignment Parallelism
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Cicero uses parallelism in the line “Quam diū mihi cōnsulī dēsignātō, Catilīna, īnsidiātus es, nōn pūblicō mē praesidiō, sed prīvātā dīligentiā dēfendī.” (59C) to win support for him - Cataline is doing all these depraved things while Cicero does not even use public resources - he stops Cataline with his own care. The contrast between the 2 is clear for all to see - Cicero is a hero who supports the republic while Cataline is a evil man who seeks to destroy the it.
He also uses parallelism in the line “Cum proximīs comitiīs cōnsulāribus mē cōnsulem in campō et competītōrēs tuōs interficere voluistī, compressī cōnātūs tuōs nefāriōs amīcōrum praesidiō et cōpiīs nūllō tumultū pūblicē concitātō” (59C). Again, Cicero emphasizes the difference between him and Cataline both to gain supporters for him and opposition for Cataline - Cicero doesn’t even use public resources to stop Cataline’s plot - and he stops the plot without causing a public commotion or any harm to the republic, while Cataline seeks to kill Cicero and many other politicians, some of whom might even be listening to the speech.
