What Is An Example Of Logos In Julius Caesar

It could be argued that the character in William Shakespeare’s tragedy Julius Caesar that most blurs the line between fact and fabrication is Brutus. For starters, in the first scene of act 2 Brutus contemplates the actions he and the other conspirators will take against Caesar while in his garden, justifying the murder plot as an act for the well-being of the Roman people. He believes that if Caesar gains more power or is crowned as king he will abuse his power at the expense of the Roman citizens. Although still considering Caesar a friend, Brutus concludes that the only way to prevent this is to take him out, through metaphor he says to, “think him as a serpent's egg, which hatch’d would as his kind grow mischievous, and kill him in the

This is an example of logos, which Brutus states as a factual outcome causing a reaction of fear. This fear that Brutus has brought upon himself is what causes him to focus on a possible calamity that could occur with Caesar as king; however, nothing has happened yet which is where the line of fact and fabrication is blurred. Brutus has made himself paranoid about a future with Caesar and thinks that the only way to prevent it is to kill him; Shakespear’s use of comparing Caesar to a serpent shows Brutus’ paranoia as he has left room for no other outcomes as a serpent is a predator and is guaranteed to harm something. After Brutus and the other conspirators have succeeded in their assassination, Brutus goes to give a speech justifying Caesar’s death to the people of Rome, Brutus addresses not only the citizens but friends of Caesar that, “Brutus’ love to Caesar was no less that his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer; Not that I lov’d Caesar less, but that I lov’d Rome more” (Shakespeare