How Does Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

Antony’s speech is bursting with many rhetorical devices to persuade the plebeians that demonstrates his orator skills of using ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is prevalent within Antony’s speech when he addresses the credibility of Brutus by saying Brutus is an honorable man. For instance, Antony uses repetition of saying that Brutus is an honorable man that altogether questions his credibility in the following lines: “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious / And Brutus is an honorable man (103-104). By using this clever phase with a tone of sarcasm it degrades Brutus’s orator skills and as a person. This gives Antony’s credibility the upper hand that helps his claim that Caesar is not ambitious. By, hinting to the crowd that Brutus emits fallacies.

This allows the people to feel the sadness Antony feels and the temptation to avenge the beloved Caesar. Through this pathos appeal it also gives Antony an advantage. He manages to kindle the flame of grief as well as opening the hearts of the commoners to act in Caesar’s demise. The last device used by Antony to persuade the people to alter their opinion is logos or logic. This is demonstrated when Antony develops well thought logical arguments that if Caesar was ambitious he would shed tears with his citizens and reject the crown three times. For example, when Antony tells the crowd that “When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; / Ambition should be made of sterner stuff” (100-101). Along with an emotional appeal Antony manages to fabricate logical arguments to support his claim. By telling the citizens that Caesar shed tears for his citizens and rejected the crown many times it depicts his humility. This counters Brutus statement that Caesar is ambitious that makes the crowd lean towards Antony by reasonable thinking. So, by Antony using claims that support Caesar as a humble and soft man it makes the commoners use reason that if Caesar was ambitious he would truly be a different