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Julius Caesar Compare And Contrast Essay

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Kayli Galster
Mrs. Cmaylo
English 10 Honors
November 27th, 2016
Julius Caesar Compare and Contrast Essay

The play Julius Caesar written by Julius Caesar illustrates the murder of Julius Caesar by his Senate and the events that happened after his death. The famous funeral speeches given by Mark Antony and Brutus give the Roman people two different sides of Julius Caesar and his leadership using ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos is the credibility of the speaker, logos is the logic or reasoning, and pathos is the emotion of the audience. Mark Antony delivers the most effective speech in the play as he appeals to these three elements in his speech in a more convincing manner than Brutus. Brutus uses the fact that he was close to Julius Caesar in his appeal to …show more content…

He explains to them that he did not kill Caesar based on a personal grievance; “As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice him; as he was valiant, I honor him; but as he was ambitious, I slew him” (lines 23-25, Shakespeare). He also explains that he feared if Caesar obtained more power, he would change the way he helped Rome and would become power hungry and selfish. He wanted to stop the evil, power-hungry ruler before he let his ambition ruin Rome. Mark Antony uses logos in his funeral speech after Brutus has stirred up the crowd, and they are beginning to think Caesar was ambitious and would become power-hungry. Antony tells the crowd that they once adored Caesar, and they should mourn him instead of being angry with him; “You all did love him once without cause: what cause withholds you then, to mourn him?” (lines 100-101, Shakespeare). He shows the crowd that Caesar was loved by Rome, and would not do anything to harm the city that he loved. This gave reason to why Caesar was such a great leader and made the Roman people realize that they loved

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