Mark Antony's Ethos In Julius Caesar

Mark Antony was a friend and follower of Julius Caesar. After Brutus gave his speech explaining to Rome why he killed Caesar, Antony walks in with Caesar’s body and begans to give a speech of his own. Mark Antony says, “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. ”(Ⅲ.Ⅱ. 3-4), which explains that people will always remember the bad that you did rather than remember the good. This is dignifigant because Mark Antony is trying to tell the people that Caesar was not a bad guy like Brutus pertrayed him to be.

In the play Julius Caesar written by Shakespeare both Antony and Brutus lay out very persuasive speeches. They are trying to persuade the citizens of Rome that Caesar was assassinated for the good of Rome. Antony created a more persuasive speech because he was able to use rhetorical techniques such as pathos, repetition, and verbal irony skillfully, and he was able to back it up with supporting evidence allowing him to persuade the city of Rome more easily. One of the techniques Antony used to persuade was pathos.

In Act III, Scene II, both Brutus and Mark Antony give very important and interesting speeches, revealing much of their personalities and characters. Caesar has just been killed; stabbed to death by a group of his closest "friends", including Brutus, whom he loved greatly. Antony went to see Caesar’s body with courage, and to speak with the group of conspirators, so that he can fully understand their reasoning behind the murder of Roman politician Julius Caesar. Brutus trusts Antony when he says that he is on their side, but Cassius fears (and guesses) that Antony would betray them in the end. Both Brutus and Antony have a speech in front of a plentiful crowd, using opposing rhetoric appeals.

Following the death of the infamous Caesar in Rome, both Brutus and Antony gave speeches, in which shaped Act III. Throughout the play, rhetorical devices such as logos, pathos, and ethos were used. Both characters had well developed reasonings for what they truly believed in, however one person’s speech captured the people of Rome’s heart. “Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, in as much as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness” (Jung). Although, one question stuck out.

He tells of how dearly Caesar had loved Brutus, and how the betrayal was so horrible to Caesar that it was what truly killed him. This sad story moves the crowd back towards their love of Caesar, and angers them to the point of wanting to burn the conspirators. After telling the story of how Caesar was murdered by the conspirators, Antony makes one final play to anger the crowd even more. He reveals what was in the will he had told the crowd about before, in

In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, both the powerful Brutus and the senator Marc Antony give speeches on whether Julius Caesar’s death should be justified or not. Marc Antony provides a more persuasive speech because of his use of logos, ethos, and verbal irony. Marc Antony uses logos to show that Caesar did not show to be ambitious. He mentions how Caesar rejected the crown three times before taking it.

The first thing Antony does is to attack Brutus ethos by saying “When that the poor has cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.” (III. ii) By showing the flaw in Brutus argument and then tying the arguments validity to Brutus argument, he is able to discredit the premise of Brutus argument and through that Brutus ethos. However, some may argue that that Brutus has a better ethos appeal to the crowed and that he had interiorized Mark Antony ethos long before Antony tried to discredit him. This would have been done when he introduced mark Antony saying “And, for my sake, stay here with Antony: Do grace to Caesar's corpse, and grace his speech Tending to Caesar's glories; which Mark Antony, by our permission, is allowed to make.”

At the same time, Antony uses rhetoric to persuade the Romans. While Antony is questioning the citizens why they do not love Caesar anymore, he uses pathos. He asks, “what cause withholds you then, to mourn

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar- Rhetorical Analysis In the novel, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, after Brutus brutally executes Caesar in Act 3 Scene 2, Antony is allowed to give a speech to the people of Rome whom have seen witnessed this fatal tragedy in Scene 3. Antony uses anaphora, connotative diction and details throughout his speech to persuade the Romans to change their perspective of Caesar and Brutus. The way Antony speaks about both Caesar & Brutus are a dispute of what he is actually trying to announce to the Romans. At the end of his speech, Antony hopes to reach the Romans emotionally (pathos) by enraging them against Brutus’s false statements against Caesar.

Antony’s Speech Using Rhetorical Appeals In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, after Caesar’s death, the Romans are conflicted about what should be done. After Brutus’ speech the Romans are ready to crown Brutus king and be on the conspirators’ side. Though Brutus then leaves the crowd while Antony delivers his speech, the crowd realizes what should be done of Caesar’s murder and Antony prevents the conspirators from getting away with the murder of Caesar.

Plays are an important part of our human culture. One of the best play writers, William Shakespeare wrote a play called “Julius Caesar” which was about the real roman king Julius Caesar. After Julius Caesar died in the play, two important characters, Antony and Brutus went up and made their speeches. Using the 3 writing forms ethos, pathos and logos, I will decide the winner of these two conflicting speeches. This is written by Ramy Alawar, a freshmen high school student that resides in the country of America.

In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Marc Antony appears to be a strong advocate for Julius Caesar’s triumphs and increasing power. However, like Caesar, Antony is extremely manipulative and powerful. After Caesar’s death, Antony manipulated the conspirators into believing he was on their side before requesting to speak at Caesar’s funeral. While Brutus and the conspirators remained fooled by Antony’s innocence, Antony took the initiative to inform the Roman citizens of the conspirator’s horrendous actions towards their beloved leader, Julius Caesar. Caesar’s funeral was a time of reflection for the citizens of Rome, as Marc Antony caused them to question their allegiance to Brutus.

Brutus and Antony are the most predominant characters in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. In act three Antony and Brutus give a very important speech to the people of rome in which the plebeians get to see their personality. In their speech they both engage one of the three Classical appeals: logos, an appeal to logic; ethos, an appeal to character; pathos which is an appeal to emotion. Although both speeches are similar in structure Antony’s speech is more effective because he wins over the plebeians, gets them to turn on noble Brutus and builds an army.      Antony doesn’t have it great to begin.

There are many twists, turns, ups, and downs in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Many characters impacted the opinions of the citizens, some more than others. After Caesar's murder, the conspirators allowed Antony to speak after Brutus at the funeral under a few conditions. While following these conditions Antony had a much larger impact than Brutus on the citizens. The tone in Antony's speech in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is passionate, Shakespeare proves this through his use of rhetorical questions and reverse psychology in order to change the citizens opinion of Brutus and Caesar.

In the play Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, one of Caesar’s friends, makes a speech at Caesar’s funeral. Brutus does not want Antony to make a speech, because he is a great orator, and also because he was afraid that Antony would expose the conspirators. In his speech, Antony uses of rhetoric’s Logos, Ethos and Pathos to persuade the crowd, and in the end he gets what he wants. Although Antony is already not very trusted by the conspirators, because of his friendship with Caesar, Brutus lets him speak at Caesar’s funeral, but only after he has made his own speech to show the reason of Caesar’s death. It is made clear by Brutus that Antony can say whatever he wants of Caesar, unless it involves the conspirators and their deeds.