Discuss The Use Of Pathos In Julius Caesar

In his funeral speech, Antony said, “I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and the other seven conspirators did not like the idea that Caesar was going to be a leader of Rome, so they decided to plan and kill Caesar. After figuring out how they would kill Caesar and when, they went through with the execution at the Senate. Brutus met with Antony, Caesar’s friend, after the murder and decided to let him speak at Caesar’s funeral, which was definitely a bad decision that led to Antony turning the Roman crowd against the conspirators; therefore, some of the conspirators fled Rome afraid of what might happen to them. After they fled Rome and knew what might happen if they

He uses his skill of appealing to the crowds emotion to persuade them that Brutus did not kill Caesar out of the good of Rome. Antony states, “O, judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason.” He gives reasons why Caesar is not ambitious and did not deserve to be killed. One of the reasons Caesar was not ambitious is because “when that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.” The use of pathos in Antony’s funeral speech helps him connect to the crowd’s emotions and talks them into turning on

Caesar had not done anything to harm Rome yet, in fact, he tried to help Rome. For example, Antony says, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.” Antony thinks that Brutus is wrong every time he says that Caesar was ambitious. Antony states in his speech several times, “But Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man.” His use of logos in his speech helps show all the facts about Caesar and it also helps the crowd decide they want to follow Antony instead of