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Julius Caesar Rhetorical Analysis

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Angel Reyes Mr. Conway English 1 11 March 2024 Antony the Persuader In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare there were many different characters that were persuasive, such as Cassius, Brutus, and Antony. While Cassius got Brutus to turn against Ceasar, Brutus got the people of Rome to be on their side of the Ceasar murder and Antony getting the people of Rome to seek vengeance on the conspirators. However, Mark Antony exemplified the role as the most persuasive character in Julius Caesar, while he uses pathos to persuade the people of Rome that what the conspirators did was wrong, using Caesar’s body and pauses and also using logos to counter actual examples. Mark Antony displays pathos as he brings Caesar's body into the pulpit, so …show more content…

Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, His private arbors, and new-planted orchards, On this side of the Tiber. He hath left them to you, And to your heirs forever,” (3.2 254-264). In doing this, Antony got the people emotional because Caesar loved and cherished the people of Rome according to his will and the conspirators killed him. He also showed the people Caesar's corpse, “Look, in this place ran Cassius’ dagger through. See what a rent the envious Casca made. Through this the well-belovèd Brutus stabbed. For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel. how dearly Caesar loved him! This was the most unkindest cut of all.” (3.2 186-195) Doing this made them emotional as it had felt like the conspirators had backstabbed him as Caesar was a good man and cared about his people according to his will. Furthermore, Mark Antony uses logic on top of pathos to counter brutus by revealing how Caesar was never ambitious or power hungry. Antony supports this by providing many different examples such as “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” (3.2 97-99) Doing this he got the people thinking that Brutus was just lying about Caesar and he was never ambitious or wanted all the

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