Persuading the People Aristotle's rhetorical triangle of ethos, logos, and pathos has been used to persuade audiences in literature for centuries, and it is no different for the historic works of Shakespeare. One of the most famous examples is The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, which includes Antony’s renowned speech about the death of his dear friend, Caesar. In his persuasive speech, Antony utilizes ethos, logos, and pathos to argue the injustice of Caesar's murder. Doing so forces the crowd of Romans to rethink their views on the conspirators and become enraged at what has been done. To begin, ethos allows an audience to trust their speaker, and Antony uses this throughout his speech. For example, Antony starts off by reasoning to the crowd that …show more content…
For instance, Antony proves Brutus wrong by providing examples of when Caesar showed he was not ambitious. Antony looks back on when “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;” (3.2.88-91). Here, Antony uses logos by giving direct reasons to why Brutus’s accusations of Caesar being ambitious are wrong, further displaying Brutus and the conspirators’ wrongdoings. Then, one of the last points he makes is presenting Caesar’s will. This shows the crowd what a monumental person Caesar was in that, even after his death, he wanted to give back to the people of Rome. The noble Antony reads out, “Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, his private arbors and new-planted orchards, on this side Tiber. He hath left them you, and to your heirs for ever — common pleasures,” (3.2.340-43). These precise instances of Caesar’s generous heart make the citizens wonder why such a respectable man was murdered. Thus, the logos in Antony’s speech fuel the crowd's rage as they see the wrong in the death of such a great
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears,” Antony tells the people of Rome during his passionate funeral speech. After Brutus and his conspirators assassinate Caesar, Brutus gives a speech saying his actions were just. Antony is not a proponent of Brutus’s actions and therefore tells the people why what Brutus did was immoral. Both men give meaningful and long speeches, and although Brutus is sincere in his defense, Antony uses more emotional, logical, and ethical appeal to the people, making his speech stronger. Although Brutus uses logos in his argument, he weakens its meaning but creating it a fallacy.
The play Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, is a tale of friendship and betrayal, full of men vying for political power in the city of Rome. Young and ambitious Marc Antony stands out amongst the group as vastly intelligent and well-spoken beyond his years. Antony uses his persuasive skills throughout the course of the play to hide his deceit as well as to change the minds of the Roman people. He does this through using devices that solidify his argument to readers. These persuasive devices are known as pathos, logos, and ethos.
The murdering conspirators who violently slayed the beloved Julius Caesar are being cheered on by all of Rome, all through the clever use of rhetoric. The only logical choice Antony has before him is to fight fire with fire, and convince the crowd that he’s right, and not Brutus or his followers. Antony goes up to speak the truth about his feelings for Julius Caesar, and persuade the crowd to follow him to rise against the conspirators, without being direct. So he stands in front of the crowd and begins to earn the crowd’s trust, with ethos, demonstrate his intelligence, with logos, and pull the crowd to his side, with pathos. Without credibility, a speaker can’t truly be convincing.
Mark Antony’s Speech Shakespere is considered by many to be one of the greatest playwrights of the renaissance period entertaining playgoers of all social classes with his comedies and tragedies. Julius Caesar, one such tragedy written by Shakespeare, has within it many speeches; however, Mark Antony’s funeral speech that he gives after Julius Caesar is assassinated contains a myriad of examples of rhetorical argument techniques. In Act three, scene two of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony uses ethos, pathos, and logos to turn a despairing and disoriented crowd of mourners into a volatile and rebellious crowd of rioters turned against Brutus and his co-conspirators.
And sure he is an honourable man” (3.2.1251). Refusing the crown 3 separate times is a grand show of honor and humbleness that Caesar did possess. Antony’s speech in “Julius Caesar” effectively uses pathos, ethos, and logos to persuade the audience towards his viewpoint. By appealing to their emotions, using his credibility and establishing his connection with Caesar, and presenting logical arguments, Antony successfully convinces the audience that Caesar was a noble and honorable leader who did not deserve his death. His clever use of persuasion strategies is evidence of the complexity of characters and the impact of speeches that still engage audiences centuries
Antony delivers a surprisingly moving speech under the circumstances Brutus left him in. He has to move the people to do his dirty work. He has used logos, ethos, pathos to get people to mutiny. Antony used many ways in his speech to move the people to mutiny. Antony used logos to in his speech to get the people to listen to him.
Antony uses his personal feelings toward Caesar to cause the Romans to feel sympathy toward Caesar. At the beginning of his monologue to the citizens, Antony states, "My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me" (3.2.103-04). This quote illustrates how Antony uses his own emotions to convey to the crowd what it is like for him to lose such a close friend. He explains that he feels like he died with Caesar because they were such good friends. Antony then proceeds to weep and he gets very emotional, turning his back to the crowd to make the situation feel even more sentimental.
Mark Antony's funeral speech is widely praised as one of the most masterful examples of persuasive speech ever known to Shakespearian literature, and possibly literature as a whole. In the speech, Antony seeks to turn the Roman crowd against the conspirators who killed Caesar and to seek revenge for his death. He accomplishes this by using a variety of rhetorical strategies and persuasive techniques, including repetition, rhetorical questions, emotional appeals, and vivid language. Ultimately, Antony's purpose in this speech is to incite the crowd to take action and seek vengeance for Caesar, and he achieves this by presenting the compelling argument that Caesar was not ambitious, Caesar was good for Rome, and that he deserves vengeance.
Antony uses rhetorical appeals and techniques in his speech to turn the people of Rome against those conspiring against Caesar. As a result, the people see Antony as a persuasive and strong leader of Rome. Antony opens his speech at Caesar’s funeral by using ethos to present himself as a credible source and a friend of Caesar. Antony states his purpose in the beginning of his speech by starting with “I come to bury
In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Caesar is killed by conspirators who fear for the safety of rome. Brutus who helped in the assassination tried to calm down the overlookers who had just witnessed the assassination by using logos and ethos by saying how it was logical for them to kill caesar saying the power would go to his head and we would become a dictator destroying rome. Using ethos by saying they will remember the “good times”, how they were great friends but it had to be done and as well saying that it was for the good of rome and the people which goes into a little more logos. Antony a “dumb jock” asked to speak but was asked to say nothing bad about anyone or anything but by using pathos he tried to make everyone believe that what
Every time Antony uses the phrase, he immediately follows it with details of Caesar's accomplishments, virtues, and care for the Roman people. The purpose of this line is to undermine Brutus’s credibility and turn the crowd’s sympathies from the conspirators towards Caesar. Overall, Antony’s speech demonstrates the significance of
In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, he uses rhetoric writing techniques and appeals, such as ethos, logos and pathos, to enhance the persuasive element of the monologues. Cassius persuades Brutus to overthrow Caesar while using logos throughout his monologue. Cassius proves Caesar competes with him by explaining to Brutus, with facts, that Caesar questioned him to, “Leap in with me into this angry flood and swim to yonder point” and prove how Caesar makes everything a competition with Cassius (Shakespeare 14-15). Cassius also wants to show Brutus that Caesar believes that he is a triumphant leader and can accomplish many battles from the past like, “Aeneas, our great ancestor, did the flames of Troy upon his shoulder the old Anchises bear,
In his will, Caesar shows his love for the people by leaving them his wealth and property. Caesar left the people 75 drachmas each, his private walkways, and his orchard, which
This allows the people to feel the sadness Antony feels and the temptation to avenge the beloved Caesar. Through this pathos appeal it also gives Antony an advantage. He manages to kindle the flame of grief as well as opening the hearts of the commoners to act in Caesar’s demise. The last device used by Antony to persuade the people to alter their opinion is logos or logic. This is demonstrated when Antony develops well thought logical arguments that if Caesar was ambitious he would shed tears with his citizens and reject the crown three times.
By furthering the crowd’s contempt with Brutus, Antony is effectively compelling the crowd to riot against the once-noble Brutus. At this point, however, doubt begins to creep among the crowd because they do not know if Caesar was truly as modest and unambitious as Antony claims. To this, Antony reads aloud Caesar’s will: “To every Roman citizen he gives, / To every several man, seventy-five drachmas / Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, / His private arbors and new-planted orchards” (Shakespeare 3.2.242-249).