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How Does Antony Use Ethos Pathos Logos In Julius Caesar

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Evan Konieczka
Mrs. Comm
Honors English 10
14 April 2023
A Master of Manipulation In public speaking, the ability to persuade is extremely important to have in order to influence others’ thoughts and actions. ethos, the appeal to credibility, logos, the appeal to logic or reason, and pathos, the appeal to emotion, are all part of this ability to persuade. Mark Antony from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a very persuasive speaker. In his emotional speech to the crowd of mourners attending Caesar’s funeral, Antony utilizes ethos, logos, and pathos to argue that Brutus and the conspirators are traitorous, lying murderers, and they deserved to be killed for what they had done to Caesar. Doing so forces his audience to realize they are being …show more content…

This usage of logos is shown after Antony’s introduction to the crowd when he states “When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: / Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: / Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;” (3.2.88–90). In this quote, Antony clearly uses logos to show the crowd that Caesar was not ambitious, and that he was a simple, emotional man who just wanted to help the people of Rome. In addition, he shows the crowd how Brutus and the other conspirators deceived them into believing that Brutus was too ambitious for his own good. Another example of logos is when Antony states “You all did see that on the Lupercal / I thrice presented him a kingly crown, / Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?” (3.2.92–94). This quote shows Antony using logos to convince the audience that Caeasr was not an ambitious man. He reminds the crowd the fact that Caesar refused to take the crown on the Lupercal, which had Caesar been ambitious he would have taken any opportunity to gain greater power. He then levies this fact against the conspirators to get the angry crowd to become angry at the conspirators. To sum up, Antony makes use of logos in his speech in order to convince the audience that they are being lied to by the conspirators, and should therefore turn against the …show more content…

(3.2.180–87)
This quote shows Antony trying to show the crowd the true brutality of the conspirators and show how in Caesar’s final moments of life he was betrayed by someone whom he thought loved him and supported him. Antony is trying make the crowd feel angered at the conspirators for betraying Caesar, and killing him. He uses these emotions to encourage the crowd to attack the conspirators, and make them pay for what they have done. To conclude, Antony utilizes Pathos in his argument in order to make the audience feel the need to go after the conspirators. All in all, Mark Antony uses the persuasive techniques of ethos, pathos, and logos in his speech to the people of Rome, to make them realize that the conspirators, whom they had trusted, were really traitorous, lying, murderers, and should be killed. First, Antony uses Ethos to convince the audience that he was trustworthy and was not trying to change their opinions. After, Antony utilizes Logos in his speech to show the audience the true character of Brutus by disproving his point that Caesar was ambitious. Finally Antony uses Pathos to manipulate the audience into feeling grief over Caesar’s death, and rage at the conspirators who caused the death of

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