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
Antony is saying he knew Caesar, and that Caesar was always fair and true. Ethos is also a strong appeal but the strongest of three is
“Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear./ Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe” (Shakespeare III. ii. 13-14). It is apparent hear that he is holding himself to a high esteem and appears as an authority figure to them, while Antony takes a completely different approach, he mourns with them and even cries on the stage, as evidenced by the fact that he pauses and states “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,/And I must pause till it come back to me.”(Shakespeare III. ii. ) midway through his speech. Antony brings himself down the people’s level and speaks to them as though he is one of them and additionally he makes it seem as though Caesar was one of them. Antonius puts all men on an equal playing field, while Brutus inadvertently exalts
There are two sides to every story. Each side tries with tooth and nail to convince their audience that they are right, but unknowingly, both sides use some of the exact same methods. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, the characters are racing to fix what they believe is a government corruption. Cassius uses major pathos along with ethos and logos to convince his friend to join him in the conspiracy to turn against Caesar, for the good of Rome. While many examples of both logos and ethos are demonstrated, Cassius predominantly uses pathos.
Julius Caesar Funeral Speech Analysis There are many different ways to appeal to an audience or any group of people. One very clever way of doing this would be to use logos, pathos and ethos. Logos uses inductive or deductive reasoning by citing facts as evidence, therefore proving their point using logical evidence. Another technique that an author can use is Pathos, when using pathos the author tries to appeal to the emotions of the audience by describing the effect of a situation, essentially trying to affect the audience’s emotions. When using Ethos it is important for the author to establish themselves as a trustworthy, respectful, and knowledgeable person.
If your friend was murdered, do you think that you would have more passion in your speech rather than the murder? In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus, a Roman citizen, is convinced that killing the potential king of Rome would cause nothing but good to the Roman citizens and city itself. What he didn’t know was what would actually happen. Him and a handful of others murder Julius Caesar so that he wouldn’t become a tyrant. After Caesar's best friend Antony finds out about the murder, he sets out to get revenge for his friend. Before he goes on an escapade to defend his friend’s honor, he wishes to say a speech to the Roman people at his funeral, in which he effectively uses pathos, logos, and ethos to convince them to despise the murders of his friend.
“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions“ -Confucius. This quote is relevant because in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony gave speeches after Caesar’s death. A speaker has to make connections with the audience, use creativity, and have passion. Antony was rhetoric, cunning, and used pathos to connect with the people of Rome. Brutus was also rhetoric, honorable, and used logos and ethos to influence the audience. Overall, Brutus did not influence the crowd like he hoped to. Antony knew how he was going to persuade the people before he gave his speech.
The most influential, persuasive and shows the best leadership ship skills is Cassius. I feel that Cassius is the strongest leader out of Julius Caesar, Brutus, and Marc Antony because Cassius is cunning wise and wise. Julius Caesar clams that Cassius is a great observer and he looks through the accomplishments of men. In the book “Julius Caesar” it states, “Let me have men that are fat sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous”. This quote supports my claim because this shows how Caesar tells Antony that Cassius has a sharp and mind, and he thinks too much. Antony dismisses Caesar concern, but Caesar doesn’t know if Cassius is trustworthy, so Caesar tells
After Brutus finishes his speech, Antony speaks about his opinion on the issue; unlike Brutus, Antony acts slyly and communicates a very manipulative tone to persuade the Romans to rebel. Because of Antony's use of parallelism, he creates vivid reasoning for his speech. He states, “ I come here to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III.ii.44). By using this device, he shows the people of Rome that he isn't praising Caesar, he is putting the leader to rest. This particular line creates a very manipulative tone, because his speech is all about what great this Caesar has done and how he wants to rebel against the conspirators. Further more, Antony uses a lot of irony to slyly get his point across. One example that he uses throughout the speech is “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is a honorable man” (III.ii.44). Because of the repitition of this ironic statement, the meaning of it changes and intensifies. At first, his tone was sincere, but as the speech progresses, you can see his sarcastic tone increases. Antony does this because he has to use this device to surpass the regulations of Brutus, as well as make the romans listen. Lastly, he uses personification to give life and further meaning to a word. Early in the speech, Antony says, “The evil
Julius Caesar Expository Essay Expectations can weigh people down and shape the way we perceive things. As Alanis Morissette quoted, “For me, a life without expectation results in a life with inspiration,” shows the burden free of not having to conform to society's expectations. Expectation can be defined as a belief someone should be able to achieve a goal in the future.
The final demonstration of the theme is when Antony, a follower of Caesar, cleverly uses pleasant words against Brutus and the conspirators. In the scene where Antony speaks, Caesar is already dead and Antony could publicly speak only if he did not dirtied Brutus’s name or Caesar’s. He blatantly calls the conspirator honorable: “The noble Brutus/ Hath told you Caesar was ambitious. / If it were so, it was a grievous fault, / And grievously hath Caesar answered it. / Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest/ (For Brutus is an honorable man, / So are they all, all honorable men), / Come I to speak in Caesars’ funeral” (3.2. 912-13). The power of Antony’s speech and the manner her referred to his enemies was fabulous. He achieved the plebeians’ ultimate approval and will succeed in avenging Caesar’s death. He did so by using wise and well-chosen words.
Mark Antony’s funeral speech incorporates the rhetorical devices of sarcasm, irony, and repetition to turn the people of Rome. The ironic use of repetition slowly displaced the conspirators. To exemplify, Mark Antony repeatedly calls the conspirators, “ honorable men” (3.2.79). The habit of repeating the word ‘honorable’ is extremely sarcastic, and Antony is purposefully overusing the word on account that it makes the citizens question the legitimacy of the murder. As a result, the crowd wonders if the conspirators are allowed to get away with the crime solely based on
Right after Caesar had been killed, the conspirators had encountered Antony. Antony, being heartbroken with the death of Julius Caesar, had a simple request, which was to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Little did the men know the malevolent plan that Antony had in mind. When the day of the funeral came, and Brutus had finished speaking, Antony came up and began his speech declaring, “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears… For Brutus is an honorable man; so are they all, all honorable men.” (Julius Caesar. II. ii. 70-79). Antony clearly does not believe the men that killed his beloved friend are honorable, yet he continues to call them this. Antony is demonstrating verbal irony by filling his words with sarcasm. Besides verbal, situational, and dramatic irony, Shakespeare also used the powerful tool of symbolism within The Tragedy of Julius
In the play “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare there are three main characters; Caesar, Antony and Brutus. Caesar is man that is assassinated by Brutus. He is assassinated due to his poor leadership skills. Another reason is because Brutus brings his personal opinion into Rome Politics. Antony being a faithful follower of Caesar decides to fight Brutus and become best roman leader. Each of these men have characteristic traits that show whether these three men are fit to be the leader of Rome.
William Shakespeare, one of the most profound writers in all of history, skillfully used the character of Mark Antony in his play, Julius Caesar, in order to verify true the theme that loyalty and respect are two of the most extremely convincing tactics. He demonstrates the power of speech as he is manipulating words in order to prove a certain point in the speaker’s favor, whoever that may be. Mark Antony was a man who enjoyed spending the majority of his time at extravagant parties and receiving everything he wanted at his sudden demand. Shakespeare created Antony to be an expert in speech manipulation, which ended up making Julius Caesar to be what