William Shakespeare a well known English poet told the story of Julius Caesar’s tragic death. One of Caesar’s dearest friends Marc Antony spoke at Caesar’s funeral. Marc Antony gave a strong speech to the citizens of Rome using different rhetorical methods to express the feelings he had about Caesar. In Antony’s speech he uses ethos, pathos, and logos to express the life of Julius Caesar. Using these methods helped him enhance the way he persuaded the crowd. Marc Antony used ethos throughout his speech giving credibility to himself and he let the crowd know that he was a true friend to Caesar. He said “He was my friend, faithful and just to me.” This reminds the crowd that he is a loyal friend of Caesar and that he has come to bury him, not to praise him, he shows that Caesar’s loyalty and is showing admiration for his friend in attempt to make the people of Rome feel the same way. He used ethos to obtain the trust and to show that he is respectful to all. He used his experiences that he had with Caesar to show that he was a good man and that he knew him well. This helped him establish a strong speech to make his arguments more persuasive toward the crowd. Following with this he also used a lot of pathos in his …show more content…
He expressed Caesar and the wounds of his body using an emotive language. In order to appeal to the people of Rome and make his argument captivating, he said “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.” Additionally, he is appealing to the crowd that he is feeling pain and sorrow in the loss of his good friend. Antony started to create a emotional connection with the crowd with his speech in Oder to get them against the conspirators and to be on his side. When giving a speech like this the speeches usually uses pathos because of the emotion connected with the person. Marc Antony showed his emotion and shared it with the