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How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

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The Persuasive Methods of Antony and Brutus In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Act III Scene ii, both Antony and Brutus appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos when they present their speeches at Caesar’s funeral. Brutus appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos to convince the plebeians that he killed Caesar for the good of Rome and the people. Antony appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos to convince the plebeians that the conspirators were wrong in killing Caesar. Though they both use these persuasive methods; they appeal to them with a different purpose in mind. Brutus and Antony exercise the use of logos in their speeches to say who was right and who was wrong in killing Caesar. Brutus appeals to logos to show that he was right in killing …show more content…

Antony tries to relate to the plebeians by acting as if they were all his equals. “Friends, Romans, Countrymen.” (III.ii, 73) This is to show that he can be trusted because he is just like them.“I am beholding to you.” (III.ii, 1605) He sounds as if he trustworthy and wants to be on the plebeians side. Brutus doesn’t take this approach. He wants to make himself appear as if he can be trusted because he has a good reputation. “Believe me for mine honor” (III.ii, 15-16) Not only does Brutus try to make himself sound honourable; he also speaks in the common language so that the plebeians can understand him. “Then follow me, and give me audience, friends.” (III.ii, 1532) This is to convince the plebeians that he is just like them. By using ethos, Antony and Brutus try to be relatable with the plebeians to make it easier to trust …show more content…

Brutus appeals to pathos by stating that he loves Rome more. “This is my answer: Not that I love Caesar less, but that I love Rome more” (III.ii, 20-21) Here, Brutus wants the plebeians to praise him for putting his country first, but he also wants their sympathy. Brutus doesn’t only want to tug at their heart-strings because he lost a friend, but also because he is willing to give his life for his country. “I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.” (III.ii, 44-45) He wants to please the plebeians and be in their favor. This means that he values his country more than he values his life. He wants the plebeians to recognize this. While Brutus wants the plebeians to to feel sympathy for him because he cares for his country more than anything; Antony wants sympathy because he lost a friend. “Bear with me; / My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, / and I must pause till it come back to me.” (III.ii, 115, 116-117) Antony wants the plebeians to understand him on an emotional level.”He was my friend, faithful and just to me:” (III.ii, 1629). Again, Antony is trying to connect with the commoners by having something to relate to such as Caesar. Because these plebeians admired Caesar; they will most likely agree with Antony and side with him. Antony and Caesar use pathos to try to connect on an

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Antony used logos to support his claims and won the Plebeian’s hearts “Marked ye his words? He would not take the crown. Therefore ‘tis certain he was not ambitious.” (III, ii, 111). On the contrary, Brutus’ claims were only successful before a more manipulative speech arrived with the sole purpose of debunking Brutus.

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This appeals to the Plebeians emotion making them feel as if Brutus’ recognition of Caesar justifies his death. Last, Brutus uses logos to make the Plebeians question if they would “rather Caesar/ were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were/ dead, to live all freemen? (III.ii.22-24). This makes the Plebeians believe Brutus’ compassion towards the people made him kill Caesar. It justifies that Brutus only killed Caesar for the greater good of Rome.

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He uses pathos in more of a way to create fear and hostility among the people of Rome. He makes arguments against Brutus and his reasoning. Antony uses proof to show that what Brutus was saying was incorrect about Caesar being ambitious. In order to instill this fear within the crowd he starts off by saying, "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. "

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Before he even begins giving his speech, we see that the people of Rome respect and admire this senator, and therefore respect him enough to hear what he has to say. This showcases how he uses Ethos throughout the speech, by using the respect and admiration he has earned from the people, in being noble and doing what's best for Rome, to not only explain his reasoning for the drastic action he and the conspirators took, but actually manage to get the citizens on board with him. He then uses Pathos to appeal to the citizens, by using the known relationship he had with Caesar, to show that his actions were not out of hatred, but rather out of his love for the good of Rome. This is best seen in lines 1555 and 1556, “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” This line works to get the people of Rome to realize that Brutus truly loved his friend, Caesar, but then shows the people that he ultimately cares more for the people, and

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