In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony both used different techniques in order to capture the audience's attention and approval in their speeches about Caesar's death. They both include repetition, rhetorical strategies, dramatic pauses, and parallelism in order to get the crowd on their sides. Both men use different strategies by knowing the audience and they use this to their advantage. Brutus and Antony both choose the use of Pathos and Ethos specifically appeal to the audience and their love for their country. Brutus chooses to use Pathos in a way that forces the people to think about the love of freedom and their country. He uses the mention of slavery and being controlled to get to the emotions of the listeners. …show more content…
He uses pathos in more of a way to create fear and hostility among the people of Rome. He makes arguments against Brutus and his reasoning. Antony uses proof to show that what Brutus was saying was incorrect about Caesar being ambitious. In order to instill this fear within the crowd he starts off by saying, "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." By saying this he is saying that people will only remember the bad of Caesar, but not the good that he had in him. The people will begin to fear what will live on from Caesar's death. As the people are showing anger towards Brutus, Antony continues on with his speech saying, "When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; and Brutus is an honorable man." He points out that Caesar constantly felt bad for those who were struggling in his country. He wanted to take care of the people. By saying all this he tries to point out why Brutus was wrong with saying the reason he killed Caesar was because he was ambitious. As Antony speaks, he continues to repeat the line that "Brutus was an honorable man." He does this so that the crowd will catch onto his sarcasm. Brutus only allowed Antony to come speak if he would only say good things about Brutus, so Antony decides to use repetition and sarcasm as well as a way to engage the
Antony appeals to pathos when he says, “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now” (3.2.170). This is pathos because he is trying to get emotional with the crowd. What he said was effective because he got the crowd to feel pity for Caesar. Antony appeals to pathos again when he starts to talk about Caesar’s mantle (3.2.171-177). This is pathos because he making the plebeians remember all the good times Caesar had, and how they were taken away.
The most common type of pathos that Antony used was in the form of sarcasm, which can be seen when he said, “The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious: if it were so, it was a grievous fault; and grievously hath Caesar answer’d it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest, (for Brutus is an honourable man; so they are all, all honourable men)” (III.ii.79-85). Antony’s emotional approach was completely effective on the crowd, and he was able to turn the people into a mob and start civil war by using reverse psychology. Antony uses reverse psychology by teasing the crowd with Caesar’s will, by constantly referring to the conspirators as honorable men, and saying that he does not want to turn the Romans against Brutus, even though he clearly does.
While portraying himself as a credible figure he feels they will trust his word. Antony states, “ I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke/ But here I am to speak what I do know,” (3.2.100-01). Antony makes a point to inform the crowd that they can trust his word and judegement. By doing so, he is putting it out there that he is a credible man and will tell them the truth, and the truth only.
A major part of Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar” are the speeches given by Brutus and Antony after Caesar’s brutal death to the citizens. Brutus gives a logical, moral argument on why he and the conspirators had to kill Caesar, while Antony gives a heartfelt emotional speech on why and how Caesar was wronged. Both speeches are powerful and convincing but Antony wins over the hearts of the people when stating his argument. Brutus uses logos while Antony uses pathos which is more convincing to people. The audience, that the men are speaking to, are uneducated plebeians.
This is evident when he says “[when] the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept.” (3.2.100) In other words, this quote means that when the people of Rome were in tough times, and when they were not at their highest, Caesar felt for them and wanted to do better for everyone. Mark Antony now talks to the people of Rome about the genuine care their former leader, Caesar, had for them and their families. In the long run, Mark Antony shows that Caesar was more than a leader; he was a good
Antony uses a greater variety of rhetorical devices than Brutus does in his speech, ultimately leading him to a more successful outcome. Although Brutus does get the people to understand his motive for the assassination of Caesar, Antony quickly undoes everything that Brutus had accomplished with his speech. Antony manages to divert the minds of the people away from everything they were just convinced of, and then completely alters the people’s perspective to fit his views and reasoning. Overall, Antony does this by strategically using a handful of different rhetorical questions in his speech. He first utilizes ethos in order to establish his credibility and principles before he proceeds any further, which the man does on purpose in order to gain the plebians’ trust.
There is a sense of guilt, considering Caesar's good hopes. At this point, Brutus' nobility becomes quite controversial due to him guilting Caesar of being so "ambitious," despite evidence that he wanted the best for Rome. Antony emphasizes pathos by saying, "He was my friend, faithful and just to me" (Shakespeare). This draws out sympathy from the crowd, offering empathy for his loss. Also, Antony remarks, "When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept" (Shakespeare).
In Antony’s speech to the people, he speaks about Caesar over his dead body. His words make the commoners feel something, as opposed to Brutus,
Rhetoric in the Speeches of Brutus and Antony The death of Caesar is a controversial topic and was even more controversial at the time of his funeral when when senators were trying to benefit from his death by getting the Roman citizens on their side. At Caesar’s funeral, two senators gave speeches as an attempt to get the roman people on their side. Out of the two speeches, Marc Antony’s speech was more effective because of his use of appeals and biases, being 100% true and had a larger variety of rhetorical devices.
In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar one of the main characters Caesar is killed in Scene 3 act 2.Then Brutus and Antony both give speeches about how bad they feel. Brutus gives a good speech by using all three of the rhetorical appeals to persuade the crowd to want to listen to what he say by using logos,ethos,pathos to his advantage. Brutus gives a better speech that draws the audience attention,Antony not as much. Therefor here are some very valid points on why Brutus’s speech used the Rhetorical Appeals better.
After reading excerpts from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, write an essay that compares Brutus’ speech with Marc Antony’s speech and argues the effectiveness of the rhetorical devices (ethos, pathos, logos) used in each. Be sure to support your position with evidence from the texts. William Shakespeare writes a play about Julius Caesar’s assassination and the speeches his friends gave at his funeral. In the play, Brutus assassinated Caesar because he thought he was protecting Rome. He was saying that if Caesar got all the power he would most likely become vicious and make everyone his slaves.
Antony wanted people to be patient with him. He also says, “When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff” (3.2. 100-101). Antony says this to show that Caesar was a good man who cared about the people. It was also to show that Brutus was wrong when he stated that Caesar was ambitious. Antony makes the citizens feel that the conspirators murder was
Brutus and Antony make speeches for Caesar’s Funeral and out of the two Antony is the stronger speaker. This is because he uses the rhetorical strategy Pathos and on example is the following quote, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill... When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept... Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man”(Act III, scene ii, line 1631-1632, 1634-1635, 1637-1638).
He said that to ask why the people think they should be at his funeral and mourn for him when they were told he’s ambitious and believe he did more wrong than good. By using his words that way it was easier to gain the citizens' trust. Mark antony respect everyone's beliefs and lets them believe the bad points but he continues to remind them caesar did good as well. “ So let it be with caesar. The noble brutus has told you caesar was ambitious.
Brutus uses pathos in order to pull on the emotions of the crowd, so many of the people can believe that killing Caesar was the right thing to do. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead,to live all free men?” As Brutus says this in his speech he is trying to appeal to the emotions of the people who don’t agree with killing Caesar. When he says this he wants to make it sound as if it would be Roman-like to kill him, which could gain the attention of some of the crowd. “Who here is so vile that will not love his country?”