Julius Caesar Ethos Pathos Logos

In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the two characters known as Brutus and Mark Antony delivered two very different speeches after the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus' speech was delivered while using the appeal to logos which shows how his character relied on logic and reasoning rather than using his emotional point of view. Mark Antony's speech had an appeal to pathos as he used emotion and pity to prove his point and influence the audience. These two speeches show how Brutus relies on an appeal to logos and Mark Antony relies on an appeal to pathos.

Brutus also uses pathos in scene 2 of act 3. He tries to persuade the crowd by using emotions. He says "There are tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honor for his

In the book Julius Caesar there are two people, Brutus and Antony, who express there emotions using ethos, pathos, and logos. After explaining their thoughts on the idea of Caesar getting killed to the Romans, the crowd turned their thoughts on who they believe is correct. Brutus uses facts about Caesar and what he did or was going to do to turn the crowds opinion against him. Antony uses facts, personal opinion, and verbal irony to show the Romans what he believes is right. After examining the ethos, pathos, and logos in each speech, it is clear that Antony's speech was the most persuasive.

Ethos, pathos and logos influence every part of our lives from the time we wake up to the moment we fall asleep. These three advertising tactics are also the pillars of political speeches and other rhetorical media. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, ethos, pathos and logos are used to persuade many of the characters views on the conspirators plot and Caesar’s subsequent death. My independent speech, “Tear Down this Wall,” was given by Ronald Reagan on June 12, 1987 in Berlin, Germany. This speech was given during the Cold War, which separated the Democratic from Communist countries.

The plebeians loved Caesar before his murder and praised Brutus after it. Antony was trying to remind the citizens about the great accomplishments Caesar had done for Rome before he passed because the citizens turned on him. In (III,II,CI) Antony cries "What causes withholds you then to mourn for him?" The citizens seemed to forget how generous Caesar was and stopped praising him. Brutus's use of pathos was more of him trying to convince the citizens that Rome would go downhill if Caesar ruled. In (III,II,XXII) he says "Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?" He wanted to make himself out as a hero by saying that killing Caesar was best for the community of Rome. Antony's use of pathos was more convincing that Brutus's because it sounded more as if it was coming from the

This shows great usage since if Caesar was truly greedy then why did he help others and commit acts that show Caesar does more good than bad as a leader? Pathos is shown to be an effective usage that establishes trust, which is very similar to the appeal of persuasive language that establishes credibility. Finally, in Antony’s speech, there is an effective usage of Ethos, this form of rhetorical language that establishes credibility to persuade. This is first shown when Antony brings forth, “Here under leave of Brutus and the rest- for Brutus is an honorable man: so are they all. All honorable men come to speak at Caesar's Funeral.

Both Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus are great at using people’s emotions to grab their attention. In Brutus’s speech, he used the feeling of slavery: “Would you rather have Caesar alive and all die slaves, than Caesar dead to all live free men?” Nobody wants to be a slave and would feel angry if they were. Brutus is using this feeling to make it sound like Caesar would have made them all into slaves but because he is dead, they are all free. If one thinks about it some more, the people were like slaves under Caesar’s power. They weren’t free to do as they liked due to the fact that if it upset Caesar, you’d be executed. After Caesar was dead, the people were free to do as they pleased. Brutus used the emotion of anger to show that he killed Caesar so the people could be free of his controlling power.

Brutus is the first one to speak at the funeral and explains why he killed Caesar. Explaining to the crowd how “[Caesar] was valiant [and he] honor[s] him” for that,“[Caesar] was [too] ambitious,” which is his reason for killing his so-called beloved friend (III.ii.25-26). Brutus sounds logical in his speech, but there are no real facts supporting Brutus’ reason for how ambitious Caesar was. Still, according to Brutus, since Caesar was dangerously ambitious there was “death for [for him being ambition]” (III.ii.26). Brutus’ tone suggest that it was an obvious decision to kill Caesar, yet, again, he fails to prove his words without any facts. Similarly, Anthony uses logos, too, but he is more successful with the use of it. Antony disagrees that Caesar was ambitious and continually questions why Brutus believed that. Antony recalls an event when Caesar had “brought many captives home to Rome” giving a large amount of wealth to Rome, which makes the crowd’s preference change about Caesar (III.ii.86). Antony has proven his statement on how Caesar was not ambitious and what a great deed he actually did for Rome. Antony uses logos in his speech the correct way, by supporting his words with facts. Brutus and Antony both had convincing speeches; Antony ultimately is more successful by presenting real facts in his speech, while Brutus only sounded

Throughout the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare uses a variety of rhetorical strategies to articulate the points of many characters. More explicitly the use of different rhetorical strategies can be seen after the death of Caesar. Preceding Caesar's death speeches were given by Mark Antony and Brutus. In these speeches Brutus tried to justify Ceaser death with vague answers, while Mark Antony came to the support of Caesar and questioned why he really had to die. Brutus and Mark Antony's use of logos, pathos and ethos, allowed them both to give effective speeches. Although Brutus gave a strong speech, Mark Antony exceptional use of pathos and ethos provided him a slight edge over Brutus.

The most predominate and important aspect In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare are the speeches given to the Roman citizens by Brutus and Antony, the two main charaters, following the death of Caesar. Brutus and Antony both spoke to the crowd,using the same rhetorical devices to express their thoughts. Both speakers used the three classical appeals employed in the speeches: ethos, which is an appeal to credibility; pathos, which is an appeal to the emotion of the audience; and logos, which is an appeal to the content and arrangement of the argument itself. Even though both speeches have the same structure Antony’s speech is significantly more effective than Brutus’s.

In the tragic play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar, is stabbed to death by some of his so-called friends. Brutus, one of Caesar's best friends, is approached by some of the other senators to join the conspiracy to kill Caesar. Brutus weighs his options and decides to join the conspirators for the good of Rome. At Caesars's funeral, Brutus gives a speech to convince the citizens that the conspirators were right to kill Caesar. In contrast, Antony gives a speech to convince the Romans that there was no real reason to kill Caesar. Both characters try to persuade the audience, but they achieve different tones using literary and rhetorical devices. The tone of Brutus' speech is prideful, while the tone of Antony's speech is dramatic and inflammatory.

Antony uses an abundance of pathos in his speech. One example is: “Caesar was my friend and just to me” (III, ii, 86). Using pathos helps the audience make connections with him. He also reads Caesar’s will which makes the people feel guilty about turning against Caesar during Brutus’ speech. He shows them the stabs wounds on Caesar’s coat and names which conspirator stabbed him. The Roman people now feel pity and anger towards the conspirators. Overall, Antony was smart with his words and won over the Roman people better than

To start his speech, Antony opens with some kind words about Caesar. Antony uses ethos by speaking kindly of Caesar and saying, “He was my friend, he was faithful and just to me” (line 81). Antony appears to be a honest and humble man mourning for his friend. By saying “Brutus is an honorable man” (line 83), Antony places himself on the crowd’s side because up to this point the crowd is in favor of Brutus. Antony has made himself seem more trustworthy which also utilizes ethos. He then continues to speak of Caesar’s great deeds that do not support Brutus’s claim of Caesar’s ambition. For example, Antony tells of Caesar saying, “He brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city” (line 83). This is all Brutus wants Antony to say but Antony continues and asks the crowd, “Is this the work of an ambitious man” (line 89)? Antony is using logos to influence the Roman people because he provides a counterexample to the claims of Caesar’s ambition. Furthermore, Antony places doubt in Brutus by saying, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man” (lines 91-92). This use of logos allows Antony to prove Brutus wrong, even if he does not say it out loud.

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

Roman politician and popular figure in the Roman Republic, Mark Antony, uses the rhetorical devices of pathos, logos, and ethos in his funeral oration for Julius Caesar, in order to deem the assassination of Caesar by Cassius, Brutus, and their conspirators, wrong. The speech conducted by Mark Antony, a good friend of Caesar’s, has a sorrowful tone due to the fact that Mark Antony wants the crowds of Romans to agree with him. Antony conducts his speech in such a way to strike pity and regret in the assassinators and conspirators of Julius Caesar. Usage of pathos, ethos, and logos is essential in winning over the plebeians trust and respect.