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Ethos Pathos Logos In Julius Caesar

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In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus uses ethos, logos, pathos, and rhetorical devices to convince the Romans that the execution of Caesar was necessary for the greater good of Caesar himself and the people. When explaining why it was vital for Caesar to be killed, Brutus explains it wasn't that he “loved Caesar less,” rather that he “loved Rome more” (3.2.21-22). By using parallel structure, Brutus makes it appear that he evaluated the two ideas equally in order for the Romans to see that his love for Rome triumphed over his friendship to one person. By saying that he doesn't hate Caesar, Brutus communicates that he was once friends with Caesar, which can be an example of ethos because it gives him credibility that he was even
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