Brutus Ethos In Julius Caesar

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William Shakespeare’s play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” Brutus and Mark Antony deliver powerful speeches towards the crowd and Caesar’s funeral. While both men had different objectives to get the people to side with them, they utilized many different rhetorical devices. After examining Brutus' and Antony's speeches, Brutus had the most effective speech. Brutus used Ethos, Logos, and Parallelism to help sway the crowd of people to his side. Brutus effectively utilizes Ethos to gain the crowd's credibility and earn trust. Brutus begins the speech with “Romans, countrymen, and lovers” (Act 3 scene 2). The use of this language sets him up as one of them and he tries to enhance his popularity among the audience. Brutus enhances her credibility