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Julius Cesar Rhetorical Devices

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In his play, “Julius Cesar” William Shakespeare uses effective rhetorical devices to demonstrate the skills one must have in order to persuade an audience. In the play, Cesar is murdered by some of his closest acquaintances, one of them being Brutus. After killing him, Brutus decides to give a speech to all the citizens of Rome, explaining why he and some other senators decided to kill Cesar. By the end of the speech, it is clear that he has successfully manipulated the plebians into believing that what had been done to Cesar was justified. Though Antony, the closest and most trustworthy ally of Cesar gave a speech directly after Brutus. Nevertheless, Antony used many persuasive tactics to convince the citizens of Rome, that what Brutus and the other senators did was out of pure malice. …show more content…

From this, the reader can gather the sadness and sorrow Antony tries to invoke in the public, he references Caesar's death and warns them that they may cry when listening to him recount what happened to Cesar as well as Cesar’s love for Brutus. His use of pathos allows him to connect with the audience and help them realize the fallacies that existed in Brutus’s

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