Julius Caesar Ethos Pathos Logos

Brutus's speech was a lot different from Antony's speech since he used the appeal to logos in his speech which meant he decided to use logic and reasoning to prove his point. "...it’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"(Shakespeare). This quote from the play made by Brutus was a clear example of how he chose to rely on logic rather than emotions as protecting Rome rather than his friend is more of a logical appeal. "Would you rather that Caesar were living and we would all go to our graves as slaves, or that Caesar were dead and we all lived as free men?(Shakespeare)". This quote explains that Brutus is trying to show everybody that it is logical to think to get rid

The use of logos in Antony's speech helps him start to change the strong views of the plebeians in the crowd. Antony appeals to logos when he mentions that Caesar was not ambitious as honorable Brutus had mentioned before. He mentioned "When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept" (III, ii, 92), which directly contradicts what Brutus has said about Caesar. It is logos

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Vanesa Vazquez Arrowhead Park Early College High School Honors English II- Medical Pathway Mrs. Defreitas February 28, 2024 Antony’s Eloquent Tribute to Caesar Rhetoric language is a technique that utilizes language to effectively communicate and persuade. Rhetoric language involves various techniques to influence the audience, such as emotional appeal, the figure of authority, and common sense. In Antony’s speech from “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare (1997). The speech effectively utilizes Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to persuade the Roman crowd to turn against the conspirators. The initial usage of effective rhetorical language in Antony’s speech is Pathos, an appeal to a feeling of emotion.

Logos can be seen used by Brutus and Mark Antony, However Brutus was able to use logos more efficiently to appeal to the citizens. In particular Brutus used this rhetorical strategy to persuade the people to his side. Brutus’s exploit of logos can be examined as he says “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” (45). From these lines Brutus uses logos as he gives all the citizens a logical reason for why he killed Caesar. Brutus uses logos to explain to everyone that if Caesar was alive everybody would be living as slaves rather than freemen. In contrast to Brutus, Mark Antony uses logos to support Caesar. Mark Antony utilizes logos to disprove the claim made by Brutus about Caesar being ambitious. Mark Antony use of logos

Greek philosopher, Plato, once said that rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men. In “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony uses his exceptional speaking skills to sway the fickle Romans to his side through different types of rhetoric. Throughout his speech, Antony repetitively states that he knew Brutus as “an honourable man”, despite his attack on Caesar. By repeating this, Antony convinces the crowd that his intention is not to turn them against the conspirators. Instead, he claims it is to ensure that Caesar is remembered as the man he knew him to be. Antony then asks rhetorical questions used to convince the Romans that Caesar’s death was unnecessary. Antony reminds the crowd of the captives Caesar brought to Rome and

The most predominate and important aspect In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare are the speeches given to the Roman citizens by Brutus and Antony, the two main charaters, following the death of Caesar. Brutus and Antony both spoke to the crowd,using the same rhetorical devices to express their thoughts. Both speakers used the three classical appeals employed in the speeches: ethos, which is an appeal to credibility; pathos, which is an appeal to the emotion of the audience; and logos, which is an appeal to the content and arrangement of the argument itself. Even though both speeches have the same structure Antony’s speech is significantly more effective than Brutus’s.

During the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Caesar was brutally killed by a group of conspirators including a previously good friend named Brutus. The time after caesar's death Brutus and Cassius agree to let Caesar's best friend Mark Antony speak at his funeral not knowing that it would backfire on them. Both Brutus and Antony give speeches at Caesar's funeral, Brutus first in the hopes it would influence the audience enough to think that the killing was justified. Antony’s speech was the second and last one, he tried to convince the audience that Caesar was killed for reasons that were incorrect. Both of the speeches presented by Antony and Brutus had various rhetorical devices to help them persuade the people of Rome whether Caesars

Although rhetorical devices are used many times in the play, Antony exhibits all the techniques of rhetoric to effectively communicate his point. One of Antony's methods of persuasion in the funeral oration scene is logos. Since Brutus spoke first, Antony has the upper hand tactically where he can refute any point Brutus makes. In his speech, Brutus mentions that Caesar was ambitious and for that Caesar deserved death. Antony is able to

In both his speeches and one-on-one conversations, he uses rhetoric and persuasion to sway people’s opinions. Brutus is convincing the other conspirators to let Antony live using logos when he says “Antony is but a limb of Caesar” (2.1.165) and “he can do no more than Caesar’s arm/when Caesar’s head is off” (2.1.182-183). He tells them that Antony is a limb of Caesar and will be no threat to them because once Caesar dies, Antony hypothetically dies with him and becomes powerless. Brutus would also like Antony to live because he does not want the citizens of Rome to view them as butchers. Another instance in which rhetoric is utilized is when Brutus uses pathos while speaking to Antony after he finds Caesar’s body. Brutus attempts to justify the conspirators’ actions and frame them in a good light when he says “Though we now appear bloody and cruel,/as by our hands and this our present act/you see we do, yet see you but our hands/and this bleeding business they have done./Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful:/and pity to the general wrong of Rome-/as fire drives out fire, so pity pity-/hath done this deed on Caesar. For your part,/to you our swords have leaden points, Mark Antony:/our arms in strength of malice, and our hearts/of brothers’ temper, do receive you in/with all kind love, good thoughts, and reverence.” (3.1.164-176) By saying this, Brutus is defending their actions and telling Antony that they will not hurt him. Lastly, in Brutus’ funeral speech he uses ethos to connect with the crowd and shape their reaction to Caesar’s murder. He addresses them as “Romans, countrymen, lovers” (3.2.13), which identifies that he is one of them and establishes some credibility for himself among the citizens. In his speech, Brutus does an excellent job of persuading the citizens to react in a certain way, preventing a major uproar and

Julius Caesar From the moment that Brutus took the crowd's attention, Mark Antony’s plan was set in motion. Having Brutus speak first gave Antony the advantage of knowing what to speak on and how to do so. By the end of Antony’s speech he had the masses of Rome hunting down the conspirators ready to crucify every last one of them. But the question still remains, how were his words able to convince an empire that Caesar’s death was both wrong and unjust? The answer to this lies in the speech itself.

In the tragic play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar, is stabbed to death by some of his so-called friends. Brutus, one of Caesar's best friends, is approached by some of the other senators to join the conspiracy to kill Caesar. Brutus weighs his options and decides to join the conspirators for the good of Rome. At Caesars's funeral, Brutus gives a speech to convince the citizens that the conspirators were right to kill Caesar. In contrast, Antony gives a speech to convince the Romans that there was no real reason to kill Caesar. Both characters try to persuade the audience, but they achieve different tones using literary and rhetorical devices. The tone of Brutus' speech is prideful, while the tone of Antony's speech is dramatic and inflammatory.

Brutus conspires with other people to kill Caesar who is about to be crown as a Roman. Consequently, Brutus delivers a speech to the audience to convince them that killing of Caesar

Brutus, a conflicted senator obsessed with his civic duty, convinces the people of Rome that his motives in killing Caesar were just and noble by rhetoric. Brutus is the only conspirator to have impersonal motives in killing Caesar. In fact, his motives are trying to find the best solution for Rome, and in the end, he must make the hard choice of killing his best friend for his homeland. As early as Brutus’ conversation with Cassius in Act I, Brutus exhibits this deep love and respect for Rome and how this love is conflicting with his love for his friend, Caesar: “[P]oor Brutus, with himself at war, / Forgets the shows of love to other men” (I.ii.51-52). Brutus brings up this internal conflict again when he tells the crowds that although he did love Caesar, he loved Rome and its people more. After Brutus’ murder of Caesar, he realizes that the issue of the public opinion of Rome is of the utmost importance. Because of this love for Rome, Brutus uses rhetoric to persuade these plebeians to approve of him and his cause. When Cassius warns Brutus about “how much the people will be moved / By that which [Marc Antony] will utter[!]” (III.i.252-253), Brutus tells Cassius that letting Marc Antony speak “shall advantage us more than do us wrong” (III.i.261). In these cases, Brutus demonstrates his awareness of

The speeches given by both Brutus and Mark Antony in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar are very persuasive to the audience that they are given to, but rhetorical devices were used in different ways in order for each to have an effect on the people of Rome. In Brutus’s speech, he uses devices such as rhetorical question and antithesis to convince the Romans that he and the conpirators did a good deed by killing Caesar. In Mark Antony’s speech, he sways them to believe that Caesar did not deserve to die, and that the conpirators were the real enemies by using rhetorical devices like rhetorical question and apostrophe. Both speeches were very

In William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, two different speeches are given to the Romans about Caesar's death. Brutus and Antony both try to persuade the people of Rome's minds toward their views of his death. Antony tried to persuade the people that the conspirators were traitors to Caesar. Brutus tried to make the Romans believe he killed Caesar for a noble cause. Whichever speech was enjoyed more by the people of Rome would make the speaker popular.