Gavin Smith-Sheils Mrs. Coughlin English 3-4 (H) 27 Feb. 24 Antony Speaks Brutus was Caesar’s friend. Caesar trusted Brutus with all of Rome. Brutus loved Caesar. Caesar loved Brutus. All of this disappeared when Brutus took the side of Cassius in this war of ambition. Brutus was the one to stab the final blow on Caesar, betraying all passion Brutus felt toward Caesar. Caesar died with one thought on his mind, his own friend was the one to kill him. If Caesar’s great friend Brutus is not there to protect him, who will? Everyone around Caesar betrayed him. All of this betrayal was a historic event Shakespear wrote about in the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar where a conspiracy against Caesar led to his demise. Brutus and many others stabbed …show more content…
Antony wanted to speak on Caesar’s behalf to avenge Caesar for what these conspirators did. Antony’s speech ultimately won the hearts of the people, yet some still argue Brutus was the better speaker. Antony was the better speaker, using ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade the audience to avenge Caesar. Antony wants to persuade the hearts of Rome to rebel against Brutus and the conspirators with the use of Ethos. He does this by showing what is the right and the wrong thing for man to do. One of the three ways Antony used Ethos to persuade his audience was describing how Caesar loved all the men of Rome. One example of Antony’s ethos is where the text states, “You are not wood, you are not stones, but men” (3.2.142). Antony uses Ethos to show the ethics of Caesar and man by showing the audience that it is ok to show emotion by saying they do not have to be strong like stone or wood but soft like men should be. Another example of how Antony uses Ethos is in lines 151-153 where Antony expresses how he does not want to offend and upset the conspirators. A human’s natural ethics is to stay on good terms with other humans in order to better