How Is Marc Antony Similar To Brutus Caesar

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Antony vs Brutus Today we will be comparing and contrasting both Brutus’ and Marc Antony's speeches. Both comparing and contrasting the believability/credibility, logical facts, and emotional appeal of each speech. There will be lines directly from the book relating to the speeches of both men. These will help show the facts of the use of logos, ethos, and pathos. The speeches can almost exactly correlate with outcome of the story. After Caesar's death Marc Antony and Brutus both came before the city of Rome and gave both similar but very different speeches. In Brutus’ speech logos played a bigger roll than anything else. Brutus tried to use his power with his name to win over the people of Rome. Brutus states in his speech “Believe me for mine honor, and have respect for mine honor, that you may believe” (III, ii, 14-16). In this Brutus is using ethos by telling the spectators to believe him and his honor because of his name. …show more content…

Here Brutus is trying to use pathos to get the emotional appeal to the people. In Marc Antony's he tries to counter Brutus’ speech by saying “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, find I must pause till it come back to me” (III, ii, 108-109). Antony also states, “But here is a parchment with the seal of Caesar; I found it in his closet, tis’ his will. Let but the commons near this testament; which pardon me I do not intend to read”(III, ii,