After Brutus murders Julius Caesar, in Act 3 scene 2, he begins to justify his actions to the citizens using logos. He exemplifies his use of logos when he questions the citizens, “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” (Shakespeare 3, 2, 12-14). Brutus asks this to prove that it was the right thing to kill Caesar. If Caesar had lived, he would have became a dictator and enslaved every Roman citizen. Furthermore, Brutus demonstrates his love for his country by using pathos in his speech also. He utilizes pathos when he says, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more,” (Shakespeare 3, 2, 11-12). The citizens feel patriotism for their country because Brutus puts
Fourth, logos was also used in Julius Caesar. Shakespeare writes “he was ambitious, I slew him (III, ii, 25-26) Brutus seeks to demonstrate that the assassination was planned action based oh that fact it would have been good of Rome. Before the citizens were cheering Caesar now Brutus.
Logically, it makes sense; this is precisely the reason Antony employs logos. At last, Antony reveals the true intention of his speech: “I wrong the honorable men / whose daggers have stabb’d Caesar; I do fear” (3.2.151-152). Antony speaks, not only in remembrance of Caesar but in vengeance of his death, too. After strategically using repetition to call Brutus honorable and establish ethos, Antony implements sarcasm to turn the tide of his speech. He now highlights just how “honorable” Brutus and his men are.
Brutus uses a lot of Logos to mask or hide his feelings. Brutus uses facts often to support his claims and this sometimes makes him seem detached from his emotions. Another idea that was discussed was that sometimes people don't realize when they use pathos, logos, and ethos. The rhetoric devices come
Brutus begins his speech in Act III, scene ii, at Caesar's funeral, with an upset crowd questioning his motives for killing Caesar. The crowd’s initial reaction to Brutus is that he is honorable and venerated, but still needs to explain why Caesar was assassinated. Brutus tells the crowd that he did not kill Caesar because he didn’t care for him, but he killed Caesar because he loved Rome more. In addition, that if Caesar were still alive and king, all of the people would die slaves, and claims that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome. Brutus is able to persuade the crowd that he had honorable intentions for killing Caesar through the use of rhetoric-ethos, logos, and pathos.
“It’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I love Rome more” (Crowther 48). Brutus uses Logos when he theorized that Caesar was a tyrant and him being alive gave the Romans no freedom. “Have you rather Caesar and we would all go to our graves as slaves, or that Caesar were dead and we all lived as free men?” (Crowther 48).
Marcus Brutus Junior, the protagonist of the play “Julius Caesar”, made one of the toughest decisions in the history of the Roman Empire: To, or not to, assassinate his longtime friend Julius Caesar, who would turn the Roman government into a dictatorship? Perhaps one of the turning points of this inner conflict came when Gaius Cassius Longinus, Brutus’ brother-in-law, gave a fiery speech to encourage Brutus to backstab Caesar. Cassius’ use of the three3 rhetorical strategies - logos, pathos, and ethos - would eventually persuade Brutus to participate in one of the most famous murder conspiracies in history. First, Cassius starts off by calming the fears and doubts in Brutus about his influence in Rome; Brutus’ fears of his lack of self-worthiness were soothed by Cassius using pathos. Notably in the passage, Cassius makes Brutus feel respected even by Caesar, the most influential man in Rome, with the words “Immortal Caesar, speaking of Brutus...have wish’d that noble Brutus had his eyes (I, ii, 60)”.
In his speech, Marc Antony used quotes such as “You all did love him once, not without cause, what cause withholds you then, to mourn him?” To logically prove to the audience that they had liked Caesar and they started suddenly disliking only because of Marcus Brutus, when they should dislike Marcus Brutus instead. In Marcus Brutus’ speech, the only way he used logos is when he said “Who here is so vile that will not love his country?” Which made it seem that if someone disagreed with him, they hated Rome. Similarly to the reason to why Marc Antony’s use of the rhetorical strategy pathos was better than Marcus Brutus’, the reason that Marc Antony’s use of pathos had a heavier impact and was more effective was because he used the citizens of Rome directly in his speech, when Brutus’ argument was that if you disagreed with him, you hated Rome.
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus uses ethos, logos, and pathos, to justify the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus utilizes ethos by asking his audience to believe in him and his devotion to the republic. This proves to be effective since he is appealing to the ethical values of his fellow Romans. He then uses ethos immediately after by saying, “censure me in your wisdom,/and awaken your senses” in order to look attractive to his audience by complementing their wisdom. As Brutus furthers his claim he sways towards the use of pathos by saying “Brutus’ love to Caesar/was no less than his. .
His purpose was to turn the people against Brutus, but his use of pathos was poor. He did not fully cover why Brutus was wrong in killing Caesar to defend his country. Brutus was stronger in using pathos. For logos, Brutus has a strong claim. He claims “ … but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. ”.
In Julius Caesar, Brutus delivered a more persuasive speech compared to Marc Antony. He uses certain rhetorical techniques to make the audience understand where he’s coming from. He uses pathos to target emotion in his feelings towards caesar. He says, ” I did love Caesar, but I loved Rome more”. His love for his best friend was not like it should be.
Brutus uses pathos in his speech by talking about slavery. He says, “Who is here so base that would be a bondman?,” “Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?”, and “Who is here so vile that will not love his country?” At the end of Antony's first big speech, he uses pathos by saying, “... And I must pause till it come back to me.” Antony has to stop because he was getting emotional over the death of his friend.
In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus uses Rhetorical strategy of pathos most effectively to appeal to the heart of the Romans that he had killed Caesar for the good of Rome. In the funeral of Caesar, Brutus gives his speech, in which he says, “There is tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honor for his valor and death for his ambitions” (Shakespeare 3.2.26-27). In this speech, Brutus uses pathos to appeal to the Romans that he loved and admired Caesar, though he had to kill him for his bad ambitions which could have been a potential harm to the Romans. Saying that he loved and admired Caesar would touch the heart of the general men of Rome and convince them to think that Brutus didn’t kill Caesar for any of his personal
depiction of logos due to the use of logic and tactical thinking although some may argue that Brutus used pathos in this situation. Continuing on in the soliloquy, Brutus states that if Caesar was allowed to live, Rome would have been made slaves. Because he, Brutus lived Rome so dearly, he had to take part in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to protect the rights of the Roman citizens. On a side note, Julius Caesar should not have been murdered.
When comparing two brilliant speeches that are presented in the Tragedy of Julius Caesar it is incredibly hard to pick which one I m a fan of. But that is only because of the dramatic irony that foreshadows the play for me. So expecting that you either have read this magnificent play or you haven't, you can decipher for yourself which one you choose to support. Both have their points in common but both have so many differences that it can make it confusing on which one is better. Before Brutus began his speech he said "Cassius go into the other streets and part the numbers.
This appeals to the Plebeians emotion making them feel as if Brutus’ recognition of Caesar justifies his death. Last, Brutus uses logos to make the Plebeians question if they would “rather Caesar/ were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were/ dead, to live all freemen? (III.ii.22-24). This makes the Plebeians believe Brutus’ compassion towards the people made him kill Caesar. It justifies that Brutus only killed Caesar for the greater good of Rome.