How does William Shakespeare write The Tragedy of Julius Caesar? Shakespeare could use many things in his work, but he uses three main types of writing that show persuasive ideas. He uses ethos, pathos, and logos to tell about the persuasion of how someone feels or thinks. In Shakespeare's work, he uses ethos which is basically based on who the speaker is.
Ethos uses persuasion based on the fact that the speaker is a good, upstanding person. Brutus begins his speech with ethos by saying, “...believe me for mine honor…” Antony then uses ethos by saying to the the citizens of Rome in his speech, “He was my friend, faithful, and just to me…” talking about Caesar being a loyal friend to him. Even though ethos is mainly about the speaker, there is a lot of pathos used in this work.
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Brutus uses pathos in his speech by talking about slavery. He says, “Who is here so base that would be a bondman?,” “Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?”, and “Who is here so vile that will not love his country?” At the end of Antony's first big speech, he uses pathos by saying, “...And I must pause till it come back to me.” Antony has to stop because he was getting emotional over the death of his friend. He also uses pathos when he begins to point out the wounds on Caesar’s body, descends to an equal level with the citizens, and when he says, “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” Shakespeare wrote this work with many emotions, but he still uses logos in Antony's