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How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

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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.
Antony executes using pathos in his funeral speech for Caesar. He appeals to the common people's emotions by referring to them as his friends rather than Brutus who did not. Notice he adds 'friends' into his speech in this quote, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." He also uses pathos when he says he loved Caesar because he knows that they did as well. This …show more content…

He uses this type of writing when he says that him and Caesar were friends. This is providing information that makes Antony more credible. "He was my friend, faithful and just to me." One other time he uses ethos is when he says he offered him the crown three times. This provides information that makes them lead to believe that Caesar was a very honorable man because he was offered the crown to become king and denied it. This quote is where you will find this type of ethos. "I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse." Even though he did not use ethos very much, it still made an impact on his speech so that the people would be convinced to follow him, rather than

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