Ethos Pathos Logos In Julius Caesar

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In Brutus' speech he uses logos to try to reason with the crowd whilst Antony uses pathos to control their emotions. Brutus explains that for the betterment of Rome Caesar had to die or else he would ruin the country and destroy the great empire. He at first has everyone on his side, that is of course until Antony speaks. When Antony speaks he gives examples of how Caesar wasn't going to ruin Rome and in fact how he was the best leader they had ever had. He says that Brutus and Cassius are murderers and that's all they are. The crowd goes into and uproar and eventually the whole country falls into anarchy. Without a ruler the people turned to either Cassius and Brutus or Antony and Octavius, depending on what side they were on. Eventually

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