How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

The assassination of Julius Caesar caused a lot of controversy and change in the minds of people in Rome. In the story, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony addresses the crowd of Romans at Caesar’s funeral to persuade the people to take his side and believe his word of what really happened to Caesar and why. In Antony’s ardent speech to the commoners in Rome during Caesar’s funeral, Antony logically makes use of ethos, logos, and pathos to argue that the people of Rome and supporters of the conspirators should trust him instead of Brutus. Consequently, this makes the people believe Antony and start a riot over the controversy. One way that Antony tries to convince the people to trust him is through the ethos

Antony uses pathos to create an emotional tone many times in his speech. For example, he told the people not to be sad about Caesar’s death as the people were upset while mourning him. The text states, “Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a flood of mutiny”(Act 3.2.206-207). This quote explains the emotional appeal and even provides an example of verbal irony. Another exceptional example of Antony utilizing pathos in his speech is when he creates the emotional appeal to transform the crowd, by revealing Caesar’s lifeless and brutally wounded body. The text says, “Kind souls, when you weep but behold our Caesar’s vesture wounded? Look you here! [He removes the mantle] Here is himself, marred as you can see with traitors” (Act 3.2.192-194). In effect, this creates an emotional appeal within the crowd as they look on at Caesar’s deceased corpse because it gives the people yet another reason to trust Antony after seeing what the conspirators did to Caesar. It also provides an example of imagery when the mantle is removed from Caesar's body.Upon using ethos and logos to help persuade the crowd to trust him, Antony also used pathos to create an appeal of