ipl-logo

Julius Caesar Pathos

852 Words4 Pages

Have you ever had to stand up for a friend that everybody hates? Antony and Brutus both gave speeches at Caesar’s funeral. But, no one truly knows who was lying or telling the truth. Antony was a friend of Julius Caesar. He worshiped him and supported every decision he made. Brutus was a friend of Caesar as well. Brutus turned on his so-called friend and killed him for, what he thought, the safety of Rome. The crowd was on Brutus’s side but after hearing Antony’s speech, they didn’t know if Caesar’s death was necessary. Antony’s speech was the most effective because ethos, pathos, and logos were used to support his claims. First, Antony used ethos to effectively share his speech. Antony stated, “Gentlemen all-alas, what shall I say? My credit …show more content…

Antony stated, “Therefore I took your hands; but was indeed swayed front the point by looking down on Caesar. Friends am I with you all, and love you all, upon this hope, that you shall give me reasons why and wherein Caesar was dangerous” (3.1.218-222). Antony was trying to prove Caesar meant no harm to the citizens of Rome. This made the crowd stop and wonder if killing Caesar was the right thing to do. The crowd didn’t know if Caesar was just misunderstood his whole life or if he was a bad person. Antony also claimed, “Have patience, gentle friends, I must not read it. It is not meet you know how Caesar loved you” (3.2.137-138). Antony wanted the crowd to understand that everyone hated Caesar, but Caesar never hated them. Julius Caesar cared for the poor and the rich, and Antony was one of the few men who knew that. Antony couldn’t make up a quote like that because he was best friends with Caesar. So, he used his personal connection with Caesar to share his emotions with the crowd. By using pathos, Antony was able to connect to the crowd emotionally by seeing what they would’ve done in Caesar or Brutus’s …show more content…

Antony explained, “O masters! If I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, 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, than I will wrong such honorable men” (3.2.118-124). Antony was told he was allowed to give a speech if he didn’t talk bad about the people who killed Julius Caesar. Antony knew facts that the crowd didn’t know. He could’ve easily called out Brutus or Cassius, but decided to be the bigger man. Antony didn’t want to start another war, so he decided to keep the knowledge he had to himself and tell the crowd he knows things they don’t. Antony also expressed, “You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; and sure he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, but here I am to speak what I do know” (3.2.92-98). Antony presented the crown of Rome to Julius Caesar three times, but Caesar refused it all three times. Antony strongly believed Caesar would have been a good ruler and truly deserved the crown. Brutus seemed to always believe Julius Caesar wanted the crown to feel successful in life. In reality, Caesar never needed the satisfaction of being the King of Rome. Brutus never shared this with the crowd during his funeral speech,

Show More
Related

  • Pathos In Julius Caesar

    850 Words  | 4 Pages

    The motivation behind Antony’s actions was completely selfish as he wanted to defend and avenge Caesar, gain power by giving himself credibility as Caesar’s right hand man, and unleash utter chaos in Rome by invoking civil war. Antony’s speech was able to completely reverse the effects that Brutus’ speech had simply because people care more about what agitates their emotions, rather than what logically makes more sense to

    Read More

  • How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

    563 Words  | 3 Pages

    First off in the speech, Antony comes right out and tells the people listening that them and himself are friends. He does this when he states “Friends, Romans, Countrymen”. He also tells them that they all loved Caesar at one point in time, so why aren’t they moarning him now? “You all did love him once, not without cause: what cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?” By making all of these points, he makes the audience feel bad and be sorry for the brutal death of Caesar.

    Read More

  • Discuss The Rhetorical Devices Used In Julius Caesar

    664 Words  | 3 Pages

    Antony knows he can’t easily say the conspirators are wrong, he’s simply easing his way into the Romans’ minds. Antony uses the honor of Brutus against Brutus himself. Antony also uses Caesar’s “ambitious” ways to make the Romans question Brutus’

    Read More

  • How Does Julius Caesar Have A Republican Government

    775 Words  | 4 Pages

    Antony is cunning and pragmatic. His speech expresses these traits and ends with an unnerving confirmation: “Mischief, thou art afoot/Take thou what course thou wilt” (Julius Caesar, 3.2.252-253). He successfully manipulates the audience to enact revenge and launches his subtle campaign towards achieving

    Read More

  • How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

    960 Words  | 4 Pages

    In addition, Antony starts out strong by telling the Romans the opposite of his true intentions. For example, Antony clearly states “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (3.2). He starts out by saying this because shortly before, Brutus has just won support over the commoners and does not want the people to think he is going against the words of Brutus even though the words he speaks are how he wishes the people to think. Antony continuous uses claims the men who killed Caesar were honorable men, but then gives reason after reason as to why Caesar was no ambitious. This proves to the people that the conspirators were not noble in killing Caesar without going against the words of Brutus or the other

    Read More

  • How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

    672 Words  | 3 Pages

    Antony interrupts his speech to lament since his “heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause until it come back to me (III, ii, 108-109).” Antony illustrates his love for Caesar by shedding tears, which sways the mob into thinking how much he cares for Caesar. The crowd is fickle and begins to side with Antony as they sympathize for him. Before Antony reads the will, he shows verbal irony when he declares, “O masters! If I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong-Who, you all know, are honorable men (III, ii, 123-125).”

    Read More

  • Use Of Ethos In Julius Caesar

    625 Words  | 3 Pages

    When Antony is giving his speech he says to the public, ”He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did in this Caesar seem ambitious?”(47). This quote expresses the deeds of Caesar and how, despite what Brutus said, he was not ambitious.-------------. By using rhetorical questions, it gets the public thinking about how Brutus was wrong because Caesar was not ambitions, making them think that Brutus is not honourable. Also during Antony’s speech he states to the public, “You all did see on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?”(47). Antony is saying that Caesar could have been king three times over but did not want to.

    Read More

  • How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

    947 Words  | 4 Pages

    He read Caesar's will and showed them his bloodied corpse. Antony mentioned to the crowd “You aren’t wood, you aren’t stones—you’re men. And, being men, the contents of Caesar’s will would enrage you. It’s better that you don’t know you’re his heirs, for if you knew, just imagine what would come of it,”(II,ii,140-145) Seeing how much Caesar loved them and seeing he wasn't ambitious, would just enrage the civilians even more and that's what Antony was saying he was not trying to do. Even though it was, he was doing it in a secretive way so that the people would turn against them.

    Read More

  • How Does Brutus Use Ethos In Antony's Speech

    621 Words  | 3 Pages

    I’ve done no more to Caesar than you will do to me.” (Shakespeare 3.2.33-34). He also keeps coming back to the fact that none of his reasons are offensively bad, and that there is nobody in the audience who would want what Caesar’s reign threatened, enslavement and a removal of their Roman patriotism. The most effective part of Antony’s speech were his statements as to how Caesar was not ambitious.

    Read More

  • When Was Julius Caesar Justified Analysis

    984 Words  | 4 Pages

    Antony says “when the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept...did this in Caesar seem ambitious... I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse; was this ambition... 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 myself and you, than I will wrong such honorable men...”. His speech is to show that Caesar was indeed not going to take the crown, yet Brutus and Cassius kept insisting that he would, which was their whole justification on the murder, and they are honorable. His use of ethos was very

    Read More

  • The Irony Of Brutus In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

    728 Words  | 3 Pages

    What Brutus has done is despicable and Antony really shows what Brutus has done with his speech. In The Tragedy of Julius Ceasar, Brutus, with his posse of co-conspirators, goes and kills Caesar because they believe he will do bad things to Rome. Brutus then explains their ideas to the roman people, but Antony (Julius Ceasar’s right-hand man) points out flaws and explains why Brutus was wrong. Antony, using Pathos, Logos, Similes, repetition, and rhetorical questions, makes a solid argument that Caesar shouldn’t have been killed because he was generous and loved the people, but Antony acted like he was not riling up the people with his wording, and Antony really captures the people with his uses of soliloquies. Julius Caesar loved the people and was very kind and generous.

    Read More

  • Julius Caesar Tragic Hero Essay

    719 Words  | 3 Pages

    Antony even shares how much Caesar cared for Rome by mentioning in his soliloquy that 'when that the poor have cried, / Caesar hath wept' (3.2.100). Even after Brutus conveys that Caesar was overly ambitious, Antony reminds the Roman people of his kindness and leadership. Caesar also gets to experience (sort of) a tragic realization as he realizes that Brutus was involved in the assasination, which adds a sense of personal tragedy to his own downfall. Caesar was warned about the danger by the soothsayer, Calpurnia, etc, but he chose to disregard their warning due to his trust in Brutus because he viewed Brutus as a “ “. When he sees Brutus among the conspirators, he realizes that his trust has been misplaced, and his own judgement has led to his death.

    Read More

  • Power Of Words In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

    1406 Words  | 6 Pages

    He begins to state “You are not wood, you are not stones, but men/and, being men, hearing the will of Caesar”(3.2.154-155). Antony utilizes their emotions against him. He manipulates it by telling them if they are strong enough then they should be able to listen to his will. He knows that they are grieving and that they are in a fragile mindset.

    Read More

  • The Theme Of Betrayal In Julius Caesar

    1177 Words  | 5 Pages

    There are two reasons why Antony gave this speech. The first was to get back at Brutus for murdering his beloved friend, and making him pay for it. The main reason Antony gave this speech is because he had a greed for power. He thought that if he could get all the plebeians on his side, that they would attack the conspirators and trust Antony, therefore making it easy to take on the spot for power. “Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius, To cut the head off and then hack the limbs, Like wrath in death and envy afterwards, For Antony is but a limb of Caesar.

    Read More

  • Antony And Brutus Arguments In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

    645 Words  | 3 Pages

    Which is kind of ironic because he then goes on to say things that praise Caesar but in the most secretive way. Antony says the following “Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me; But Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransom did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious(2.2.83-88)?” Basically what Antony is saying in that section is that Caesar was his dear and faithful friend and that he was generous as well.

    Read More

More about Julius Caesar Pathos

Open Document