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How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

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In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony made speeches at Caesar’s funeral. When comparing Marcus Brutus’s and Mark Antony’s use of ethos, pathos, and logos in their funeral speeches, I decided that Brutus delivered the most effective funeral speech. He was able to masterfully use the rhetorical strategies ethos and pathos to write the best speech. Brutus was definitely better at using ethos than Antony. Brutus was all about honor. The reason he killed Caesar was for honor. Even Antony said that Brutus was “an honourable man.” One of the greatest uses of ethos by Brutus is the quote, “-believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge.” Brutus used this quote to remind the people how honorable he was. He was using ethos in this quote to establish a common ground. He based his entire speech about how he was honorable and killed Caesar for honorable reasons. …show more content…

Even though Antony clutched our hearts in fists of emotion when saying, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.”, he could not compete with Brutus in the use of pathos. Brutus used pathos exquisitely when saying, “With this I depart, --that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death.” Brutus said this to show that he truly thought that killing Caesar was for honorable reasons, and that if it wasn’t, he would kill himself if and when the people wanted. The people quickly replied, “Live, Brutus! Live, live!” No one wanted Brutus to kill himself. This is a confirmation that the people believed Brutus killed Caesar for honorable

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