However, they were not alone- with Mark Antony rising in fury for justice to Caesar. Each opposer gave a speech at the funeral of Caesar for their cause. Brutus in formality, attempted to convey his reasoning in executing the murder, as a representative of the conspirators. Using many rhetorical devices including pathos and logos, the crowd is swooned with his perception. Brutus's victory is short lived, because as soon as Mark Antony steps up, his tactics of persuasion,
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When Mark Antony sees Caesar dead he plans to rebel against Brutus and cause a riot. He goes up to the people of Rome and proves to them that Caesar had no intention of turning his back on them. Mark Antony uses pathos, logos and ethos to convince the people of Rome that Caesar did not deserve to be killed. Mark Antony uses pathos effectively in his speech to persuade the people of Rome to rebel against Brutus. Antony’s speech was meant to give strong emotion towards the audience
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.
Brutus begins his speech in Act III, scene ii, at Caesar's funeral, with an upset crowd questioning his motives for killing Caesar. The crowd’s initial reaction to Brutus is that he is honorable and venerated, but still needs to explain why Caesar was assassinated. Brutus tells the crowd that he did not kill Caesar because he didn’t care for him, but he killed Caesar because he loved Rome more. In addition, that if Caesar were still alive and king, all of the people would die slaves, and claims that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome. Brutus is able to persuade the crowd that he had honorable intentions for killing Caesar through the use of rhetoric-ethos, logos, and pathos.
In the play Julius Caesar by William shakespeare, Caesar is murdered by the senators of rome, to prevent his power hungry ego from destroying their beloved city. During Caesar's funeral, both Marc Antony and brutus give speeches. Both speeches contain athos, which appeals to emotions, and rhetorical questions, these emphasize both of the speeches in different ways. Although Brutus is a convincing orator, Antony's uses a more effective form of rhetorical questions and pathos, which evokes feelings in the audience.. Pathos is a technique used in writing in order to appeal to the reader's emotions.
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In the play Julius Caesar by, Julius Shakespeare, both Antony and Brutus give speeches after Caesar died. Brutus tells the people that it was for the good of Rome and had to be done. Brutus also backs up his claim by giving examples of how “ambitious” Caesar was. Antony on the other hand wanted to persuade the Roman people that what Brutus and the conspirators was wrong and they need to seek revenge. Both Antony and Brutus use Ethos, Logos, and Pathos, which are tools used in speaking or writing to persuade people.
Brutus was a friend of Caesar as well. Brutus turned on his so-called friend and killed him for, what he thought, the safety of Rome. The crowd was on Brutus’s side but after hearing Antony’s speech, they didn’t know if Caesar’s death was necessary. Antony’s speech was the most effective because ethos, pathos, and logos were used to support his claims. First, Antony used ethos to effectively share his speech.
The less straight-forward approach wins the people’s hearts, as Antony reveals the flaws in Brutus’s justification without once calling him a traitor. Brutus seems to use the speech more to persuade himself, which weakens his effect on others, but since Brutus is likely denying his heart, which knows heit was made a dishonorable act, he cannot touch the emotions of the crowd, leaving a doorway for Antony to draw them in and kindle a fire of rage. Brutus’s weak appeal to only his honor only minorly won the Roman people, but honor alone was not enough against logic, friendliness, and emotion displayed by his
Mark Antony is trying to win over the people of Rome by his very effective use of rhetoric. In his speech, his overall point is to persuade the Roman citizens that Brutus’s claim of Caesar being ambitious is not true. Antony’s use of rhetorical devices such as a rhetorical question give the people a good message. When he is telling them that Caesar brought many captives to Rome, he asks, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious” (3.2.18). Antony’s rhetorical question was very effective since he is making the people question Brutus’s claim.
In the play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" by Shakespeare, two individuals named Brutus and Antony give a funeral oration to the people of Rome in concern of the justification of Caesars death. Both of them share an opposite view towards the death of Caesar, Antony thinks his death was unjustified, while Brutus believes in the opposite. Despite the fact that Brutus was able to deliver a better ethical appeal. Antony delivers a more persuasive rhetorical speech since he appeals to the crowd more with his emotional and logical appeal Ethical appeal was used by both individuals in their funeral orations, evidently Brutus was able to execute a better ethical appeal than Antony. Brutus wanted to make the people of Rome feel like the death of Caesar was necessary for the sake of Rome.
Marcus Junius Brutus and Mark Antony both deliver speeches to justify the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE and both use Logos and Ethos to convince the Roman citizens to join their sides. Both sides deliver their speeches with vehemence and start by elucidating why Brutus killed Caesar to begin with, why Antony’s desire for revenge is justified, and what the future of Rome will be because of his death. Antony teases the citizens of Rome with the will of Caesar that he holds in hand and claims it will dishonor Brutus and the other conspirators and is also one of his vital uses of Ethos in his speech. Most of the citizens, if not all of them side with Antony and will most likely help him accede to a great title of power in the future and also betray Brutus because of what Antony has them believe, i.e. an ignoble assassin. Brutus and Antony 's speeches were both compelling, although Antony´s speech was more successful, but it is because he was able to manipulate the people of Rome with
In William Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony wants revenge on the conspirators who killed Caesar. Following Julius Caesar's death, Mark Antony uses many different rhetorical devices such as pathos and ethos in his speech that help convince the Plebeians to go against the conspirators. Attempting to draw the emotions out of the plebeians, Mark Antony uses pathos to persuade them. Mark Antony says, “ My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me” (3.2. 106-107). This statement emphasizes how much Antony loved Caesar and the grief he is now feeling that his closest friend is dead.
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar one of the main characters Caesar is killed in Scene 3 act 2.Then Brutus and Antony both give speeches about how bad they feel. Brutus gives a good speech by using all three of the rhetorical appeals to persuade the crowd to want to listen to what he say by using logos,ethos,pathos to his advantage. Brutus gives a better speech that draws the audience attention,Antony not as much. Therefor here are some very valid points on why Brutus’s speech used the Rhetorical Appeals better.
