In the play, Julius Caesar, by Shakespeare, Brutus and Antony utilize ethos, pathos, and logos in their speeches. They do so in various ways to get the Romans on their side. Every character has their own personality that allows them to react differently to certain things. Brutus refers to his honor to vindicate himself while Antony wants to avenge the murder of Caesar. Both orators appeal to their credibility and trustworthiness to get the mob on their side. When Brutus states, “Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses that you may the better judge.”, this allows the audience to believe that he didn’t do anything wrong. The mob knows that he knows what he did and that he probably had a reason because since …show more content…
For instance, Brutus uses repetition and asked a rhetorical question. Brutus constantly referred to his honor and how he did it for Rome. For example when he says, “Not that I didn’t love Caesar, but that I loved Rome more”, this displays one of many times that he says that he did it for Rome. He then uses a rhetorical question trying to scare the mob. For instance, when he asks, “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men”, this proves that he is trying to scare him. Using a rhetorical question, he plants fear into the mob’s minds and effortlessly influences them. On the other hand, Antony uses emotional appeal and imagery. He uses an emotional appeal when he says, “So are they all, all honorable men”, this shows how he shames the mob. He shames them because of how they believed that the conspirators were actually noble. Antony uses imagery when he shows Caesars’s body. He shows them Caesars’s body and continues to make the shameful, remorseful, mad, and fearful. Overall, both Brutus and Antony used pathos