Romans knew Caesar as an ambitious and honorable man, but Brutus is said to be as well. Which one might have assumed from Antony’s speech, was a plea for righteousness for the death of Julius Caesar. Antony states that he has come to bury Caesar but as the speech goes forward we come to realize he has come to bury the conspirators for their wrongdoings. Using ethos, pathos, and logos throughout his speech to shine the light on the truth of this tragedy. Using ethos by stating “Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me.”, this is giving credibility to the author. The line as well goes along with logos, showing that Antony is a logical and reliable resource to speak at Caesar's funeral. Further, into the speech, …show more content…
Using logos to turn the wrongdoing on the conspirators but not saying it straight out, Antony states, “I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong— who, you all know, are honorable men. I will not do them wrong. I rather choose to wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you”. These lines express the issue in hand about the rules Brutus put in place for Antony to be able to speak at Caesar’s funeral. “Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, and, dying, mention it within their wills”, the line goes along with ethos, pathos, logos. Antony uses the will as a tool to use upon the citizens of Rome, telling them to “Have patience, gentle friends. I must not read it.”. Using the will as credibility toward Caesar because it was written by his only self, playing with the citizens with the will going back and forth, playing with their emotions, and finally using logos to logically rope in the citizen behind Antony and to stand with
He tries to ally himself with the people labeling them as friends and fellow Romans. Starting out on a sincere note that will earn him respect from the crowd. Following this, Antony urges the crowd to join him in mourning Caesar, and eventually, he is overcome with distress. After regaining his composure he goes on to tell them that Caesar had been silenced, and he expresses dissatisfaction that the crowd wasn’t mourning with him. He puts the idea of rebellion in the minds of his listeners, but he urges them not to act on it.
At his funeral, Antony gives a speech in which addresses the mob siding with Brutus that is celebrating his death. In his speech, Antony uses a variety of appeals in order to convince the mob that Brutus should be held accountable for the death of Caesar. Antony’s
Antony uses Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to adjust their view on Caesar and the reason behind his death. For example, Antony uses Ethos to state that he was granted permission to speak from such an honorable truthful man, Brutus, so anything he says can be taken truthfully toward the crowd. “With the permission from Brutus and the others-for Brutus is an honorable man; they are all honorable men- I have come here to speak at Caesars funeral” (Crowther 50-51). Antony uses Pathos to describe how miserable he is about Caesar's death.
It is both Ethos and Logos because it is in line with his morals and the logical choice. If Brutus does not kill Caesar there is a chance Caesar will kill Brutus and possibly his other friends like Cassius. Caesar could do this out of fear from being overthrown.(I,ii,).
While pointing out that Caesar was not ambitious like Brutus had argued, Antony said, “He was my friend, faithful and just to me.” In this quote, Antony is justifying his words with the honor of knowing Caesar, he is stating that Caesar was always fair and only a true friend would recognize
Any good orator knows that the most efficient way to capture an audience is by forming a direct, personal connection. Antony does so by beginning his speech with, “Friends Romans, and countrymen” (3.2.131), conspicuously rearranging the order of the Brutus’ opening - “Romans, countrymen, and lovers!” (3.2.127). As Brutus began with “Romans” to articulate that Rome is very dear to him, Antony begins with “Friends” to reveal his value of personal relationships over being a countryman. Further on, Antony also mentions that, “[Caesar] was [his] friend, faithful and just to [him]” (3.2.131), once again, indicating that companionship holds more importance to him than being a Roman while also hinting the use of pathos.
In the novel, Julius Caesar was a well known public figure in Rome. Brutus is Caesar`s friend but he doesn’t want Caesar to have all the power so he kills him. He speaks at the funeral after to tell why Caesar had to die. Antony is also a friend of Caesar and speaks at his funeral. After comparing Brutus and Antony's speeches, Antony is more persuasive to the crowd.
Julius Caesar was killed by his own friends. In William Shakespeare's play, "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar," Julius Caesar is assassinated by his own friends. During Caesar's funeral, Antony delivers a persuasive speech using ethos, logos, and pathos to incite the crowd into becoming an angry mob. To establish credibility, Antony employs ethos, appealing to the audience's perception of him as trustworthy and honorable. He assures the crowd that he would never do any wrong to the honorable men, including Caesar, “I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men.
Antony specifically uses logos to counter the arguments made by Brutus about Caesar being bad for Rome. Antony points out the good Caesar did for Rome:“He hath brought many captives home to Rome / Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill” (Shakespeare 3.2 88-89). Caesar had increased Rome’s wealth and power during his reign. which is why Anthony explains that if Caesar makes Rome better, than killing him might make things worse. By highlighting the good that Caesar did Antony reminds the crowd that Caesar had been a hero to Rome.
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.
He is pointing out the fault in the conspirators' claims, without outright saying the conspirators were wrong. Caesar never did anything that made people see him as a dictator. He is swaying the crowd towards anger at the conspirators with disguised tactics. He is also using logic to point out the fact Caesar would not have become a dictator since he never desired to be king anyway. Then, Antony expresses his heart-wrenching sadness with Caesar’s death, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar '' (3.2.116).
In Antony’s transformative speech to the crowd, Antony argues for Caesar’s innocence with the application of ethos, logos, and pathos. Doing so forces his audience into sympathizing with Caesar and regarding Caesar’s death with a perspective that the conspirators had not exhibited. First, Antony establishes his honor and trustworthiness with ethos.
Marc Antony gives his speech at Caesar’s funeral to the citizens of Rome. The purpose of his speech is to prove to the citizens that Brutus is wrong and Caesar shouldn’t have been killed. The tone of his speech is very ironic. It also gets very dramatic as he talks about Caesar being killed.
Mark Antony’s funeral speech was to honor Caesar but it seemed Antony was using irony to sway the Roman people's view of Brutus. “Brutus is an honorable man.” (Shakespeare 49-50). Antony uses this line 4 times throughout his speech.
"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." Spoke Mark Antony in his speech. He was there to show that he was Caesar's friend and he didn't have to show it. Antony's speech was showing how, "Brutus is an honorable man; so are they all, all honorable men." and not to hate on them.