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Examples Of Ethos In Julius Caesar

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Lend Me Your Ears “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears,” begins Marc Antony in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. He cleverly appeals to the audience using an anti-ethos tactic towards Brutus discrediting his “honorable” judgment. Marc Anthony uses repetition of “honorable man” with a negative connotation to create antithesis in which it discredited Brutus. Antony himself appeals to the crowd by building his credibility through him being loyal to Caesar,” He was my friend, faithful and just to me,” says Antony. He continues to make himself seem loyal to Caesar as he uses hyperbole in his statement, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, / And I must pause till it come back to me…” One thing that is particularly notable in Antony’s

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