Cassius uses pathos, by building up Brutus’s arrogance because he doesn’t think that Caesar is a good ruler for
In life there are few leaders and many followers. Leaders will heavily influence their followers as well as their opposers. In times of crisis, citizens will look upon their leaders for guidance. They trust that the leader will construct an efficient solution, and that the solution benefits everyone. Truly good leaders will sway their followers towards a noble intention, an intention that will contribute to the common good.
Brutus uses Pathos, Ethos, and Logos repeatedly to address his loyalty and to convince the citizens that his actions were justified. By using ethos to prove his honor towards Caesar, empathizing with his friendship, and expressing the tyrant Caesar had become. By using pathos to gain the trust of the citizens, sympathizing with the love the crowd feels towards Caesar, and using questions to make the crowd feel sympathetic towards Brutus which justifies Brutus's actions of murdering Caesar. By using logos to explain why the death of Caesar was necessary, and by using logic to explain how his actions were justified as Antony enters, he uses logic to explain how Caesar's death has benefitted Antony along with the crowd.
Brutus used ethos frequently throughout his speech, as the people of Rome believe he is honorable and trustworthy. As a result, Antony must diminish Brutus’s honor in the eyes of the crowd in order to make them turn on Brutus. Throughout the speech, Antony says, “Brutus is an honorable man,” each time after giving evidence that Caesar was a good, caring leader. However, the line became increasingly sarcastic each time he said it. As Antony continued to list Caesar’s good deeds, the crowd began to question whether Brutus truly was honorable or whether he had lied about Caesar to free himself of guilt.
In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus has just killed Caesar for being what he considers ambitious, and he has spoken to the people of Rome about why he did it. He uses ethos, pathos, and logos to try and persuade the citizens to not punish him for what he has done. He uses ethos by himself being a very honorable and noble person. He was one of Caesar’s closest friends, so he of all people would be the first to find a reason not to kill him. His nobility and honorability showed that he will always do what is best for his country, even if he didn’t want to.
Despite Marc Antony’s and Brutus’s funeral speeches both being convincing to the plebians. Br.utus does better than Marc Antony by moving the pleabians opinion to support the killing of Julius Caesar. In Brutus’s speech he uses many rhetorical strategies to engage the public to sway to his motive. Brutus also appeals to the whole crowd, gives reasons to why he killed Caesar, and appeals to the emotions, reasoning, and presents himself as a higher status to the plebeians.
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
Antony uses Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to adjust their view on Caesar and the reason behind his death. For example, Antony uses Ethos to state that he was granted permission to speak from such an honorable truthful man, Brutus, so anything he says can be taken truthfully toward the crowd. “With the permission from Brutus and the others-for Brutus is an honorable man; they are all honorable men- I have come here to speak at Caesars funeral” (Crowther 50-51). Antony uses Pathos to describe how miserable he is about Caesar's death.
First, Brutus uses ethos to justify that his “love to Caesar was no less than his” (III.ii.19). This manipulates the Plebeians into believing he and Caesar have a strong relationship. It also brings the Plebeians compassion and lets them know there is love between them even in his death. Pathos is also used by Brutus to honour Caesar through “tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honour for/ his valour, and death for his ambition.” (III.ii,27-28).
Julius Caesar, dictator of the Roman empire, is dead. In William Shakespears Julius Caesar, Caesar was assassinated by the conspirators at a meeting as a strike against the power Caesar held over Rome. At his funeral ceramony Brutus allowed Mark Antony to say some words to the people of Rome. However, in agreeing to this, Brutus put himself in danger as Antony was able to prusaude the crowd against Brutus using the great phisopher, Aristotles, persuasion techniques. Aristotle created Ethos, pathos, and logos to help with persuasion in literature.
Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, surely was meant for entertainment and to be informative, on the other hand it also displays complexity of humans. Shakespeare constantly uses the writing format of ethos, pathos and logos throughout this play. Ethos and pathos are used to persuade people in devious ways, as Brutus is persuaded to overthrow Caesar and become the new Emperor of Rome. Shakespeare wrote “Julius Caesar” for later generations to remember the history, which took place, as he did state, this play shall be rehearsed in various forms. Although his main intention is to entertain people with his play and to show how easy people in negative or positive aspects manipulate their peers.
Marc Antony, a character in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, uses ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade the audience in his funeral speech. To establish ethos, or his credibility as a speaker, Antony reminds the audience of his close relationship with Caesar. He says, "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him" (III.ii.79). This suggests that Antony is an unbiased witness and that the audience should trust him because he has nothing to gain by speaking. Additionally, Antony establishes his ethos by reminding the audience that he was a friend of Caesar and that they should trust him because of this relationship.
Many things to Gain “Friends,Romans,countrymen,lend me your ears”(III,I,1) In William Shakespeare's “Julius Caesar” Antony, Caesar’s associate, uses rhetoric throughout his speech to gain many different feelings from the citizens. In the beginning of Antony’s speech he uses pathos to gain sympathy from the citizens. “I come to bury Caesar,not to praise him.
Julius Caesar was killed by his own friends. In William Shakespeare's play, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," Julius Caesar is assassinated by his own friends. During Caesar's funeral, Antony delivers a persuasive speech using ethos, logos, and pathos to incite the crowd into becoming an angry mob. To establish credibility, Antony employs ethos, appealing to the audience's perception of him as trustworthy and honorable. He assures the crowd that he would never do any wrong to the honorable men, including Caesar, “I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men.
In Cassius’s eloquent speech against Caesar, he primarily utilizes persuasion through tools such as pathos, rhetorical questions, and compare and contrast. Cassius uses pathos to begin his monologue when he claims, “I know that virtue be in you, Brutus, / As well as I do know your outward favor” (Shakespeare 1.2.95-96). By expressing that Brutus has “virtue” and “outward favor”, Cassius appeals to Brutus’s emotions, but not to an exaggerated extent. This emotional appeal is a persuasion technique because it is used in moderation and in pertinent locations. The context is appropriate since rather than using it as a tool to feed on Brutus’s emotions, Cassius only uses it to get Brutus’s attention as an appropriate hook.
