Rhetorical Mastery: The Effectiveness Of Antony

Rhetorical Mastery: Antony’s Effectiveness in His Techniques Used for Success. Effectiveness. The. Persuasion. The. These key factors were the driving force for both Antony and Brutus within their speeches. In the end, Antony beat Brutus’s speech by a mile. But why is this a problem? Antony used specific literary techniques including ethos, logos, and pathos, as well as, irony, and anecdote to further evolve his speech. Antony uses the ethos in this line to gain the trust of the audience through the fact that Brutus allows Antony to speak today. This builds trust in Antony, and that he is an “honorable man”. This permission allows the audience to accept what he has to say, and have faith in what Antony is saying. The technique and ethos that

Antony knows the effect of a dramatic pause on the people, and how it works in his favor to have the audience listen to what he is saying and to deeply consider it. This dramatic pause allows for Antony’s claim to sink into the listener, which is a very effective technique in the persuasion needed for Antony’s speech to be accepted. Antony continually uses the phrase,”For Brutus is an honorable man.” This phrase is repeated over 7 times throughout Antony’s speech. The use of irony is heavily persuasive when saying one thing while meaning another. Antony consistently acknowledging that “Brutus is honorable” makes the audience question considerably whether Brutus is truly honorable. Antony does this as an attempt to show that Brutus is actually selfish and discriminatory. The technique of irony was greatly effective in persuading the audience to believe Antony’s claim, by having them question the meaning of honorable, and to question Brutus’s character. Antony presented the anecdote referring back to the time where Caesar denied the crown three separate times through the line of, “I thrice presented him a kingly crown.” Antony used the technique of anecdote to have the audience recognize Caesar’s