Romans knew Caesar as an ambitious and honorable man, but Brutus is said to be as well. Which one might have assumed from Antony’s speech, was a plea for righteousness for the death of Julius Caesar. Antony states that he has come to bury Caesar but as the speech goes forward we come to realize he has come to bury the conspirators for their wrongdoings. Using ethos, pathos, and logos throughout his speech to shine the light on the truth of this tragedy. Using ethos by stating “Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me.”, this is giving credibility to the author. The line as well goes along with logos, showing that Antony is a logical and reliable resource to speak at Caesar's funeral. Further, into the speech, …show more content…
Using logos to turn the wrongdoing on the conspirators but not saying it straight out, Antony states, “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong— who, you all know, are honorable men. I will not do them wrong. I rather choose to wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you”. These lines express the issue in hand about the rules Brutus put in place for Antony to be able to speak at Caesar’s funeral. “Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, and, dying, mention it within their wills”, the line goes along with ethos, pathos, logos. Antony uses the will as a tool to use upon the citizens of Rome, telling them to “Have patience, gentle friends. I must not read it.”. Using the will as credibility toward Caesar because it was written by his only self, playing with the citizens with the will going back and forth, playing with their emotions, and finally using logos to logically rope in the citizen behind Antony and to stand with