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How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

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“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” In the play Tragedy of Julius Caesar that William Shakespeare wrote. Caesar is betrayed by his best friend, Brutus. Brutus thought that Caesar was going to get to much power and did not think he would help the people of Rome. Antony’s funeral speech in the The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was most effective due to his use of pathos, logos, and a little of ethos. Antony uses pathos throughout the funeral speech. He is able to take words from someone’s speech and make it his own. For example he said, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” Even though he takes parts of Brutus speech he still uses it in a different way and makes it in his own words; …show more content…

Antony knew that there might have been people out there that didn’t like Caesar. But, he didn’t think this was going to happen this way. He also knew that Caesar didn’t have a lot of people on his side. “He was my friend, faithful and just to me”; Antony didn’t know what was going on with Brutus and why he did what he did but he can tell you about what he does understand. Example, “I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, but here I am to speak what I do know.” Antony is trying to say that he thinks different from Brutus; he will only say what he knows the most about. Is it true that Brutus did the right thing? Should he be called a honorable man? Of course, at the time he thought he was doing the right thing. But, as the days went on he was regretting everything because the people of Rome were not doing what he thought they were going to. However, he was trying to help the people of Rome to make sure everyone is going to be fine and make sure Caesar wasn’t going to get more power than he thought he had. Thus, Caesar was trying to get the power and Brutus thought he was going to get too much of it; Killing Caesar was not the right thing to do to your best

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