In Act III, Scene 2 of the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Antony transformed the mourning crowd into an angry mob. He delivered a more effective speech by using persuasive techniques while he was speaking, that appealed to the audience in different ways. For example, Antony utilised ethos, pathos, and logos to completely alter the mood of the mob. Out of the three persuasive techniques, pathos was used most frequently throughout the tragedy. During Marc Antony’s speech at Caesar’s funeral, he used ethos which relates to ethics or morals to deviate individuals of what they previously thought. While pointing out that Caesar was not ambitious like Brutus had argued, Antony said, “He was my friend, faithful and just to me.” In this quote, Antony is justifying his words with the honor of knowing Caesar, he is stating that Caesar was always fair and only a true friend would recognize …show more content…
He would interrogate the group and this made them consider what he was talking about. When proving that Caesar was not ambitious, Antony gave many examples of things Caesar believed to prove that he was clearly not ambitious like Brutus had argued. For example, Antony would mention something Caesar did and then follow with the question, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” Using repetition of the word ambitious throughout the speech made the Romans think about all the examples Antony gave to disprove Brutus. Next, throughout the entirety of his speech, he mentioned the phrase, “For Brutus is an honourable man; so are they all, all honourable men?” With the overuse of this word, it made the crowd think about what honourable actually meant. By the end of the speech, the plebeians realized they were calling a murderer an honourable man, and if they considered Brutus honourable then all of the Conspirators are honourable. During Antony’s speech, logos was used to make the crowd think about what he was