Shakespeare exposes the cutthroat politics of Rome through the speeches of Brutus and Antony in his play Julius Caesar. This play epitomizes the benefits of using rhetorical devices in a persuasive speech. Antony applies the modes ethos, logos, and pathos to establish credibility, provide evidence, and evoke emotion throughout his eulogy to Caesar. Preceding Antony’s speech was that of the senator, and friend of Caesar, Brutus. Conclusively, Antony’s use of rhetorical devices surpasses Brutus’s; Antony successfully persuades the crowd that Brutus’s speech posed as a clever ruse to justify his cold-blooded murder.
In Act I, Scene ii, Cassius primarily employs ethos to gain Brutus's attention, logos to contest Caesar's power, and pathos to arouse Brutus’s passion. The use of ethos drove Brutus to listen and become a conspirator. Lines such as “ were I a common laughter, or did use / To stale with ordinary oaths my love to every protester …, then hold me dangerous” (I, ii, 72 - 78) instantly buys Brutus’s trust.
In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, the tragedy of Julius Caesar’s death occurs. Mark Antony and Marcus Brutus each gave a funeral speech. While both the speeches were well spoken, Mark Antony’s ended up being the better speech. Antony’s better use and variety of ethos, pathos, and logos, his use of figurative language, and the comparison between Antony’s and Brutus’s speeches proves that Antony’s speech is in the end better than Brutus’s speech. Antony’s speech uses ethos to show everyone around him that he is their friend, and he understands what they are going through; also Antony uses ethos to get the citizens to listen to him, because while Brutus says he is honorable, Antony says that he is with them and where they stand in
Both Brutus and Antony successfully incorporate a variety of rhetorical techniques into their speeches when addressing the crowd at Julius Caesar’s funeral. Brutus uses pathos to justify his rebellion against Caesar. He claims, “If then that friend demand / why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: / --Not that i loved Caesar less, but that I loved / Rome more” (III.ii.20-23). Brutus makes the people feel like Caesar’s death was for the good of Roman society and they become proud of Brutus for making a decision to benefit a movement bigger than himself.
Plays are an important part of our human culture. One of the best play writers, William Shakespeare wrote a play called “Julius Caesar” which was about the real roman king Julius Caesar. After Julius Caesar died in the play, two important characters, Antony and Brutus went up and made their speeches. Using the 3 writing forms ethos, pathos and logos, I will decide the winner of these two conflicting speeches. This is written by Ramy Alawar, a freshmen high school student that resides in the country of America.
In the play Julius Caesar written by Shakespeare both Antony and Brutus lay out very persuasive speeches. They are trying to persuade the citizens of Rome that Caesar was assassinated for the good of Rome. Antony created a more persuasive speech because he was able to use rhetorical techniques such as pathos, repetition, and verbal irony skillfully, and he was able to back it up with supporting evidence allowing him to persuade the city of Rome more easily. One of the techniques Antony used to persuade was pathos.
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.
Antony uses pathos to create an emotional tone many times in his speech. For example, he told the people not to be sad about Caesar’s death as the people were upset while mourning him. The text states, “Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a flood of mutiny”(Act 3.2.206-207). This quote explains the emotional appeal and even provides an example of verbal irony. Another exceptional example of Antony utilizing pathos in his speech is when he creates the emotional appeal to transform the crowd, by revealing Caesar’s lifeless and brutally wounded body.
Brutus and Antony both give speeches at Julius Caesar's funeral. Both men use a variety of ethos, pathos and logos as well. Although both men have very good points, it is clear Antony's speech is more persuasive because he uses ethos, pathos, and logos to appeal to the crowd more than Brutus does. Antony's speech is also more efficiet because he shows emotion and sympathy for the plebeians this makes the plebeians feel as if Antony is one of them and understands how they feel.
In the play Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, one of Caesar’s friends, makes a speech at Caesar’s funeral. Brutus does not want Antony to make a speech, because he is a great orator, and also because he was afraid that Antony would expose the conspirators. In his speech, Antony uses of rhetoric’s Logos, Ethos and Pathos to persuade the crowd, and in the end he gets what he wants. Although Antony is already not very trusted by the conspirators, because of his friendship with Caesar, Brutus lets him speak at Caesar’s funeral, but only after he has made his own speech to show the reason of Caesar’s death. It is made clear by Brutus that Antony can say whatever he wants of Caesar, unless it involves the conspirators and their deeds.
” The people used to honor Pompey while he ruled Rome with Caesar. At the funeral of Caesar, Brutus gives a speech explaining why he killed Caesar. He focuses on using logos to prove his point. Brutus explains that he murdered Caesar for the good of Rome, saying, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”(III.ii.23-24).
Mark Antony applies pathos effectively to persuade the mob, who previously cried “live Brutus” to “burn the house of Brutus”. Antony uses pathos to trigger an emotional response to the death of Caesar and passionate hate towards Brutus and the conspirators. He repeats sarcastically that “Brutus is an honourable man,” while reminding the mob of the good of Caesar to accentuate his message that Brutus’ honour is a ludicrous thought. He expresses his own sorrow for Caesar’s death, telling the audience that his “heart is in the coffin there with Caesar”, letting the audience remember their own sorrow and grieve Caesar’s death. Furthermore, he appeals to their greed when he reads Caesar’s will in which Cesar leaves the people “all his walks, his private arbours and new planted orchards”.
Why Antony’s Eulogy Was Superior to Brutus’ Speech In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Antony’s speech is more effective than Brutus’s because Antony utilizes emotions in order to stir up the people and start a riot and speaks in a way that the people can understand, whereas Brutus talks above the people, using prose like the nobility used, and uses ethic and logic to reason with the people why killing Caesar was justified. Brutus’ use of ethos and logos makes the most sense to knowledgeable thinkers and well educated individuals, however to the uneducated people of Rome, using pathos as Antony did would prove more successful. Brutus failed to recognize the most important aspect of speech and presentation, the audience.
William Shakespeare’s play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” Brutus and Mark Antony deliver powerful speeches towards the crowd and Caesar’s funeral. While both men had different objectives to get the people to side with them, they utilized many different rhetorical devices. After examining Brutus' and Antony's speeches, Brutus had the most effective speech. Brutus used Ethos, Logos, and Parallelism to help sway the crowd of people to his side. Brutus effectively utilizes Ethos to gain the crowd's credibility and earn trust.
This quote shows that Brutus is trying to express his reasoning behind Caesar’s death, however, he attempts emotional appeals through the idea of justice, which results in a lack of civilian support. This quote shows that Brutus relies more on his constructed image than his ability to relate. While stating his love, Brutus bestows a non-fatalistic mood that portrays humans need to justify actions and reason the right from wrong. The use of “loved” before both “Caesar” and “Rome” signify Brutus’s justice seeking ideas and this comparison of a leader to a city
