In the play, Julius Caesar, both Brutus and Antony give speeches regarding Caesar’s death. Brutus’s speech first begins with him addressing the people saying, “Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge.” This is an example of logos, which is an appeal to logic. By starting out saying that the people have better judgement than he himself, he is appealing to the audience and to their logic. Brutus then proceeds to say “If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.” In this specific spot Brutus uses pathos relying on their emotions to persuade the Romans that Brutus did this for the better good of all people. …show more content…
In Antony's speech, Antony says “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 honorable man.” Antony uses logos to start convincing the audience why Brutus is wrong. Next Antony uses pathos when he says “ You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?” , the he continues to say “ My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it comes back to me.” By doing this he appeals to the Romans and gets an emotional response. Lastly, Antony states in his speech “ For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar’s angel.Judge, O gods, how dearly Caesar loved him.” This is an example of ethos, because it makes the audience think about Brutus what type of person he
In Brutus' speech he uses logos to try to reason with the crowd whilst Antony uses pathos to control their emotions. Brutus explains that for the betterment of Rome Caesar had to die or else he would ruin the country and destroy the great empire. He at first has everyone on his side, that is of course until Antony speaks. When Antony speaks he gives examples of how Caesar wasn't going to ruin Rome and in fact how he was the best leader they had ever had. He says that Brutus and Cassius are murderers and that's all they are.
Brutus “the honorable man” vs Antony “the noble man” In a battle of speeches, Brutus and Antony both give their speeches at Caesar’s funeral. In this paper, there will be discussion on the compare and contrast aspect of their speeches. Both Brutus and Antony give amazing speeches, but they both have different tactics when it comes to giving their speeches. In this paper Ethos, Pathos, and logos will be talked about and how each person used them to his advantage.
In Shakespeare's play The tragedy of Julius Caesar after Caesar was slain by the conspirators, at his funeral Brutus and Mark Anthony both gave a speech about Caesars' brutal death and how they public should react to it. Brutus, being the smart man he is was using a lot of logos in is speech to win the crows over and to justify what has happened. While on the other hand Mark Anthony was using a lot a pathos to get the crowd on his side to get them to read his will. Brutus's speech was packed full of logos which made him seem more credible. During his speech he said "Had you rather Caesar living and die all slaves?
Both Brutus and Antony successfully incorporate a variety of rhetorical techniques into their speeches when addressing the crowd at Julius Caesar’s funeral. Brutus uses pathos to justify his rebellion against Caesar. He claims, “If then that friend demand / why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: / --Not that i loved Caesar less, but that I loved / Rome more” (III.ii.20-23). Brutus makes the people feel like Caesar’s death was for the good of Roman society and they become proud of Brutus for making a decision to benefit a movement bigger than himself.
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!
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus uses ethos, logos, and pathos, to justify the death of Julius Caesar. Brutus utilizes ethos by asking his audience to believe in him and his devotion to the republic. This proves to be effective since he is appealing to the ethical values of his fellow Romans. He then uses ethos immediately after by saying, “censure me in your wisdom,/and awaken your senses” in order to look attractive to his audience by complementing their wisdom. As Brutus furthers his claim he sways towards the use of pathos by saying “Brutus’ love to Caesar/was no less than his. .
Antony utilizes irony in his speech. He constantly said, “Brutus is an honorable man” to get the audience to compare what is the meaning of honor and eventually they will change their thought about Brutus and the conspirator. Also Antony says that when the “poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” and by saying that it made the people understand that Caesar care for the people and he is not the type of person that Brutus said he is. Another phrase that Antony uses in his speech is “For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel. Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar lov’d him.
In the beginning of Antony’s speech, he uses pathos and ethos to show repeated reminders that Brutus is ‘honorable’, he slowly imparts doubt that Brutus’ words can be trusted. First Antony is addressing the Roman citizens and explaining his feeling about the conspirators and Caesar, then Antony talks about how “Brutus is an honourable man;
In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Brutus uses Rhetorical strategy of pathos most effectively to appeal to the heart of the Romans that he had killed Caesar for the good of Rome. In the funeral of Caesar, Brutus gives his speech, in which he says, “There is tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honor for his valor and death for his ambitions” (Shakespeare 3.2.26-27). In this speech, Brutus uses pathos to appeal to the Romans that he loved and admired Caesar, though he had to kill him for his bad ambitions which could have been a potential harm to the Romans. Saying that he loved and admired Caesar would touch the heart of the general men of Rome and convince them to think that Brutus didn’t kill Caesar for any of his personal
In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus uses ethos, logos, pathos, and rhetorical devices to convince the Romans that the execution of Caesar was necessary for the greater good of Caesar himself and the people. When explaining why it was vital for Caesar to be killed, Brutus explains it wasn't that he “loved Caesar less,” rather that he “loved Rome more” (3.2.21-22). By using parallel structure, Brutus makes it appear that he evaluated the two ideas equally in order for the Romans to see that his love for Rome triumphed over his friendship to one person. By saying that he doesn't hate Caesar, Brutus communicates that he was once friends with Caesar, which can be an example of ethos because it gives him credibility that he was even
Anthony's many times throughout his speech mocks brutus to show the audience how they shouldn’t trust brutus. “and brutus is an honorable man” (III.ii.83-85), antony using pathos to show facts on why not to trust cesar. Throughout the speech antony uses literary devices to appeal to the audience and to show the connection in the speech so that the romans will find the antony's one more persuavies since he is appealing to
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
depiction of logos due to the use of logic and tactical thinking although some may argue that Brutus used pathos in this situation. Continuing on in the soliloquy, Brutus states that if Caesar was allowed to live, Rome would have been made slaves. Because he, Brutus lived Rome so dearly, he had to take part in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to protect the rights of the Roman citizens. On a side note, Julius Caesar should not have been murdered.
Brutus and Antony both spoke to the Plebeians at Caesar’s funeral with the intent to persuade the crowd to be in favor of themselves. Since Brutus utilized Ethos and Logos to explain his actions and nothing more, his speech was logical. Correspondingly, he had spoken with the hope that the situation would resolve with the Plebeian’s understanding and his entry into Kingman ship. Meanwhile, Antony made use of Pathos with Logos. Therefore, Antony’s monologue was based emotionally.
Although Antony was also a senator, he took no part in the assassination and was nothing more than and observer. With Marc Antony’s use of logos, verbal irony, and repetition, he pulled through to give the more persuasive argument between his and Brutus’ speech. To make his speech more persuasive than Brutus’, Marc Antony uses a great deal of logos as supporting evidence towards his arguments. He uses logos when saying, “When.. the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff...”