Julius Caesar Ethos

Brutus & Antony’s funeral speeches dissected. In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus’s speech was less effective because he kept repeating the same thing, Caesar was ambitious, and he tried to use logos to persuade them. Whereas Antony’s speech was effective because he got into the commoners' emotions and riled them up. Antony also used logos, ethos, and pathos more than Brutus did. Brutus’s speech focused on the fact that Caesar was ambitious enough that he had to be killed before he could do anything bad to Rome. He tried to get the people to put aside their emotions and think about what is best for Rome. He also challenged the crowds, telling them “Who is here so vile that will not love his country?”(Line 32-33) (“Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 Translation |

The fourth plebeian said “Did you listen to Antony’s words? Caesar wouldn’t take the crown. Therefore, it’s certain that he wasn’t ambitious”. So Antony got his point across in the first portion of his speech. Antony’s second portion of his speech was mainly using pathos. He appeals to the crowds emotions by telling them about his will and not telling them about the will until later in the story. He also kept the crowd telling sarcastically how the conspirators are “honarable men” and he would rather wrong himself and the dead than the men. In the end, after Brutus and Antony have both told their speech, Antony wins over the crowd by using his rhetorical appeals to persuade the crowd. Antony won over all too because he got the crowd riled up to kill Brutus and the conspirators. Works Cited “Brutus Vs Antony Rhetorical Analysis | ipl.org.” IPL.org, https://www.ipl.org/essay/Brutus-Vs-Antony-Rhetorical-Analysis-PCZYJK9J8AM. Accessed 21 May 2024. “Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 Translation | Shakescleare, by LitCharts.” LitCharts,