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How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

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“ I have come to bury Caesar not praise him.” In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, there is a group of conspirators who think Caesar is ambitious and is not good for Rome. The group of eight conspirators killed Caesar for the “good of Rome”; towards the end of the play some of the conspirators feel badly about the act they have done and kill themselves because of guilt they are feeling. Antony’s funeral speech in William Shakespeare's, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar was most effective due to his use of pathos, ethos, and logos. Antony effectively uses pathos in his funeral speech in the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Antony uses pathos to create an emotional appeal on the audience. He uses his skills of appealing to the crowds emotion when he persuaded the citizens of Rome that Brutus did not kill Caesar for the good of Rome, but for his personal benefit. Antony states, “The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious: if it were so, it was grievous faith and grievously hath …show more content…

Antony uses logos to show his audience all of the good things Caesar did for Rome. His facts show proof that Caesar was not out to harm Rome, he wanted it to be a safe place just like everyone else. For example, he states, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.” This is significant because Antony is telling the crowd that Caesar wanted to give money to everyone, he wanted them all to have a good life. Now the people of Rome may never get that good life they deserve because the Conspirators have killed Caesar. But, some of the conspirators really mean to or was it a spite of the moment decision. For example, he states, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; and Brutus is an honorable man.” Shakespeare’s use of logos in Antony’s funeral speech shows his crowd that Caesar was good for Rome, and was going to try and help the people of

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