How Does Mark Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

He repeatedly appeals to Brutus’ anger and ego, making Caesar out to be a power hungry maniac. In one of his speeches, he says “He doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk

“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions“ -Confucius. This quote is relevant because in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony gave speeches after Caesar’s death. A speaker has to make connections with the audience, use creativity, and have passion. Antony was rhetoric, cunning, and used pathos to connect with the people of Rome. Brutus was also rhetoric, honorable, and used logos and ethos to influence the audience. Overall, Brutus did not influence the crowd like he hoped to. Antony knew how he was going to persuade the people before he gave his speech.

After Brutus finishes his speech, Antony speaks about his opinion on the issue; unlike Brutus, Antony acts slyly and communicates a very manipulative tone to persuade the Romans to rebel. Because of Antony's use of parallelism, he creates vivid reasoning for his speech. He states, “ I come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III.ii.44). By using this device, he shows the people of Rome that he isn't praising Caesar, he is putting the leader to rest. This particular line creates a very manipulative tone, because his speech is all about what great this Caesar has done and how he wants to rebel against the conspirators. Further more, Antony uses a lot of irony to slyly get his point across. One example that he uses throughout the speech is “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is a honorable man” (III.ii.44). Because of the repitition of this ironic statement, the meaning of it changes and intensifies. At first, his tone was sincere, but as the speech progresses, you can see his sarcastic tone increases. Antony does this because he has to use this device to surpass the regulations of Brutus, as well as make the romans listen. Lastly, he uses personification to give life and further meaning to a word. Early in the speech, Antony says, “The evil

"Friends, Romans, and Countrymen lend me your ears"(49). In the play Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony is given an opportunity to speak at Caesar's funeral. In his speech, Antony addresses the death of Caesar and draws attention to the foul play at hand. Not only that, but he also discusses the legacy that Caesar left behind. In doing so, Marc Antony uses verbal irony to being to light the conspirator's betrayal toward not only Caesar, but to the people of Rome.

　　By keeping his listeners thoroughly engaged, Antony is able to further develop on his purpose by utilizing diverse rhetorical devices. Near the beginning, he makes effective use of parallelism to list Caesar’s selfless deeds, like “when that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept”, which gives the effect that the list is so long that Antony cannot describe it in unique detail. Additionally, his parallel repetition of “Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man” serves as sarcasm. By repeating each good action with these two lines, Antony is getting the audience to contrast Caesar’s endless good deeds with Brutus’s repetitive and conflicting argument. Further on in the speech, Antony uses proslepsis somewhat obviously to reveal Caesar’s will to the people. He tells them that he found “a parchment with the seal of Caesar...tis his will”, yet quickly stops himself from telling anymore. Therefore, the audience is intrigued by the will and its mention reengages any listeners who

“If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: --Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar, were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to live all free men?”

Antony and Caesar were good friends, and when Antony learned of Caesar’s murder, he began plotting to dethrone the conspirators who had planned his death. He sent a citizen to the palace where the traitors were and told him to relay a message; “If Brutus will vouchsafe that Antony may safely come to him and be resolved how Caesar hath deserved to lie in death, Mark Antony shall not love Caesar dead so well as Brutus living, but will follow the fortunes and affairs of noble Brutus through the hazards of this untrod state with all true faith.” What Antony is saying to Brutus is that if

He uses sarcasm again by mentioning “the honorable men” and establishing again that the citizen’s trust within Brutus and Cassius was wrong. “If I were disposed to stir / Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, / I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, / Who, you all know, are honorable men. / I will not do them wrong. I rather choose / To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, / Than I will wrong such honorable men” (III.ii.118-124). He then uses logos to describe the remorse and gratitude the citizens would feel once they read Caesar’s will. “I found it in his closet; tis his will. / Let but the commons hear this testament, / Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read, / And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds / And dip their napkins in his sacred blood; / Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,” (III.ii.126-131). The citizens ask Antony to read the will, no, they beg him. But Antony denies and says that if they were to hear the will it would make them very

First, he carries out Caesar’s body triggering an emotional response in the crowd. Then he goes on to state to the crowd that “when the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious…” (Shakespear 56). This causes another emotional response from the crowd to Caesar, making them sympathize with him and feeling loved by their deceased leader. It also is logo for he explains that Brutus did say Caesar was ambitious even though he cried for the poor. To furthermore disprove Brutus’s claim that Caesar was ambition he declares, “I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?” (56). Here he uses rhetorical questioning, directed toward the crowd, to show the obvious answer as well disprove Brutus’s claim. Antony goes on to repeat “yet Brutus says he was ambitious” (Shakespear 56) and “and Brutus is an honorable man” (Shakespear 56) throughout his speech, using repetition to mock as well as retaliate against him.

Caesar respected Antony, and his way of life. He defended him when he said, "See! Antony, that revels (makes merry) long a-nights, is notwithstanding (however) up. Good morrow, Antony" (2.4.116-117).

The tweet that I have composed from the perspective of Mark Antony uses pathos, logos and ethos.In the tweet, when Antony says: “You were all fooled by ‘honorable’ Brutus…”, it may make one feel belittled or angry that they allowed someone like Brutus to fool them or make them feel less intelligent, or even incapable of forming their own thoughts and opinions. One may feel guilty that they betrayed someone such as Caesar, who was made out by Antony to be dedicated to their country. Loyalty is an important theme to the Romans, as displayed several times by the conspirators. Throughout the play, they expressed that their actions were for the good of Rome, even though they risked al lot. The Roman citizens would not want to betray the idea of

Emperor Julius Caesar was just killed by Brutus and other conspirators who believed Caesar would be a bad leader for Rome in the future. Mark Antony, one of Caesar’s advisors plans to take down the conspirators as punishment for Caesar’s death. In Antony's funeral speech, Antony uses rhetorical devices and appeals to show his discontent about the conspirators killing Caesar. Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral persuades the people of Rome that the killing of Caesar by the conspirators was unjustly in order to seek revenge against the conspirators.

Brutus tells Antony that he shall not blame the conspirators in his speech on Caesar’s funeral. Antony says that he won’t and Brutus believes in Antony’s words.

Verbal irony is the intentional contrasting of what one says with what one means. Authors often use verbal irony in dialogue to express a character’s intentions behind he or she states. In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, the author includes verbal irony in Marc Antony’s funeral speech to show the purpose behind his words, which is to avenge his friend and the ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar, by persuading the audience to rebel. By including complements about the conspirators, mentioning Caesar’s will, and stating his false motives, he achieves his purpose of persuading the Romans to rebel against the conspirators.