How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

In the tragedy of Julius Caesar, speech plays an imperative role in the plot. During Caesar's funeral, Mark Antony and Brutus both provide speeches to justify Caesar's assassination by using rhetorical devices; however, Antony’s speech has a more effective role on the audience causing them to revolt against Brutus due to his lack of technique. In Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony both deliver speeches, but Antony’s speech overall receives a better response due to his evidence and use of rhetorical devices.
Brutus and Antony both use pathos in their funeral orations, but Antony’s use of it further emotionally attracts the audience. While delivering his speech, Brutus uses pathos by saying, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome

Furthermore, Brutus uses pathos when he claims that “... as I [he] slew my [his] best lover for the good of Rome, I [he] have [has] the same dagger for myself [himself], when it shall please my [his] country to need my [his] death” to explain that he would willingly kill himself as he did Caesar for the sake of Rome if that’s what the country requests (III.ii. 46-48). The diction Brutus uses emotionally appeals to the audience by making them feel loyal and loving to their country. Although Brutus’s use of pathos drives the audience to feel noble and patriotic, Antony's use of pathos is more emotionally appealing. While delivering his speech, Antony uses pathos by saying, “He was my friend, faithful and just to me” to make the audience feel pity and empathy for Caesar (III.ii. 93). By saying this, the audience comprehends that Caesar's death has negatively

While delivering his speech, Brutus uses logos by saying, “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to live all freemen?” (III.ii. 24-25). By saying this, Brutus attempts to logically prove to the audience that if Caesar had lived, he could have possibly enslaved every Roman citizen by taking over and becoming a dictator due to his “ambition”. However, Antony’s use of logos is more elaborate and convincing. While delivering his speech, Antony uses logos by saying, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill” (III.ii. 96-97). Antony’s use of logos proves that if Caesar were truly ambitious, he would have stolen the money for himself instead of giving it to the people of Rome. Antony also reminisces to the occasion when he had offered the crown three times, but Caesar refused it to demonstrate that if Caesar was overly ambitious, he would have willingly taken the crown the first time. While both Romans used logos, Antony’s use of it was more effective because he was able to provide more tangible proof of how Julius was not ambitious, unlike Brutus. Because of this, Antony’s strategy is