Antony's Persuasion In Julius Caesar

Antony 's Persuasion
In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the people of Rome have opinions that are very easily swayed. However, there is one man who does this best in comparison to the rest. This man is Marc Antony. He sways the crowd in favor of his ideas through his use of the will, his speaking techniques of ethos and logos, and by speaking directly to the hearts of the people of Rome.

One way Antony sways the emotions of the crowd is through his use in the will to his favor. For example, he first uses the will to just catch the interest of the people and gain their attention. This is done by flashing the will but then saying he shall not read its contents to them. This in turn raises interest in the citizens of Rome and he will now have their complete attention. Next, he uses the will to his aid by speaking on what the people of

One example of when he uses the ethos idea (related to ethics or morals) is when he says “O masters, if I were disposed to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong”. Though a use of reverse psychology, this is in a sense telling the crowd to do the opposite of what he is saying and actually stir all the trouble he had just said he doesn 't mean to raise. However, the main idea of the text is that it is not morally right for him to do Brutus wrong and cause all the trouble that he does in turn cause. Next, Antony uses the idea of logos (related to logic or reasoning). He does this by asking questions like “Will you be patient? Will you stay awhile?.......You will compel me, then, to read the will?” He is using the idea of logic here because he already has everyones full interest and asks questions that he already knows the response to (the logical answer) to make the crowd feel as if they were wanting him to do this all along. Through a use of ethos and logos, Antony continues to pull the crowd of Rome in his