Rhetorical Devices In Julius Caesar

Mark Antony uses imagery, rhetorical structure, and tone all throughout his speech to turn the Roman citizens against the conspirators who killed Caesar. Antony opens his speech using imagery saying, “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.” Not only is Antony using imagery in this section of his speech, but he is also using the rhetorical structure of pathos by telling the plebeians they should prepare to cry about a man that when Brutus was just talking they were resenting Caesar. Through the speech Antony uses a very sorrow tone. He also attacks Brutus and the other conspirators by calling them “traitors” at the end. Antony uses ethos when saying, “For Brutus,

Brutus’s speech uses ethos to persuade the citizens of Rome that killing Caesar was a the right thing to do.In Act 3, Scene 2, 35-36, he says “ Then none have I offended. I have done no more to Caesar than you shall do to Brutus.” Here Brutus used ethos. He uses his credibility as an honorable man to persuade the citizens that he did the correct thing.

One example of when he uses the ethos idea (related to ethics or morals) is when he says “O masters, if I were disposed to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong”. Though a use of reverse psychology, this is in a sense telling the crowd to do the opposite of what he is saying and actually stir all the trouble he had just said he doesn't mean to raise. However, the main idea of the text is that it is not morally right for him to do Brutus wrong and cause all the trouble that he does in turn cause. Next, Antony uses the idea of logos (related to logic or reason). He does this by asking questions like “Will you be patient? Will you stay awhile?.......You will compel me, then, to read the will?” He is using the idea of logic here because he already has everyone's full interest and asks questions that he already knows the response to (the logical answer) to make the crowd feel as if they were wanting him to do this all along. Through a use of ethos and logos, Antony continues to pull the crowd of Rome in his

To start his speech, Antony opens with some kind words about Caesar. Antony uses ethos by speaking kindly of Caesar and saying, “He was my friend, he was faithful and just to me” (line 81). Antony appears to be a honest and humble man mourning for his friend. By saying “Brutus is an honorable man” (line 83), Antony places himself on the crowd’s side because up to this point the crowd is in favor of Brutus. Antony has made himself seem more trustworthy which also utilizes ethos. He then continues to speak of Caesar’s great deeds that do not support Brutus’s claim of Caesar’s ambition. For example, Antony tells of Caesar saying, “He brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city” (line 83). This is all Brutus wants Antony to say but Antony continues and asks the crowd, “Is this the work of an ambitious man” (line 89)? Antony is using logos to influence the Roman people because he provides a counterexample to the claims of Caesar’s ambition. Furthermore, Antony places doubt in Brutus by saying, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man” (lines 91-92). This use of logos allows Antony to prove Brutus wrong, even if he does not say it out loud.

　　By keeping his listeners thoroughly engaged, Antony is able to further develop on his purpose by utilizing diverse rhetorical devices. Near the beginning, he makes effective use of parallelism to list Caesar’s selfless deeds, like “when that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept”, which gives the effect that the list is so long that Antony cannot describe it in unique detail. Additionally, his parallel repetition of “Brutus says he was ambitious and Brutus is an honorable man” serves as sarcasm. By repeating each good action with these two lines, Antony is getting the audience to contrast Caesar’s endless good deeds with Brutus’s repetitive and conflicting argument. Further on in the speech, Antony uses proslepsis somewhat obviously to reveal Caesar’s will to the people. He tells them that he found “a parchment with the seal of Caesar...tis his will”, yet quickly stops himself from telling anymore. Therefore, the audience is intrigued by the will and its mention reengages any listeners who

In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, an honorable man, Brutus, is planning to overthrow the soon to be king, Julius Caesar. Brutus is persuaded by Cassius that Caesar is a liar, too ambitious, weak, and not fit to be Rome’s king. Brutus soon believed Cassius, and they and the conspirators made a plan to kill Caesar. After Caesar’s death, Brutus planned to justify his actions of killing Caesar at his funeral in his speech to the people. After Brutus’s speech, the citizens of Rome were all in agreement that Brutus did the right thing for Rome. Brutus then decides to allow Caesar’s best friend, Antony, to speak in honor of Caesar. Antony speaks, and he convinces the citizens that Brutus’s actions were unjust and turned the people against Brutus.

I feel as if both of the characters did an okay job of using logos. Neither one really stuck out by saying all these facts and using numbers to prove their point. Antony and Brutus are great at using rhetoric but logos seems to be one that is a bit harder for the two of them. When they were speaking, Brutus used his love for the people to win them over and Antony knew how to get to their emotions. Because of this, I don’t think there was an obvious winner in the logos category.

Mark Antony employs the persuasive appeal ethos to deliver an effective persuasive speech. Ethos refers to listening and trusting in the speaker. Mark Antony exemplifies ethos in his the opening of his

Logos can be seen used by Brutus and Mark Antony, However Brutus was able to use logos more efficiently to appeal to the citizens. In particular Brutus used this rhetorical strategy to persuade the people to his side. Brutus’s exploit of logos can be examined as he says “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” (45). From these lines Brutus uses logos as he gives all the citizens a logical reason for why he killed Caesar. Brutus uses logos to explain to everyone that if Caesar was alive everybody would be living as slaves rather than freemen. In contrast to Brutus, Mark Antony uses logos to support Caesar. Mark Antony utilizes logos to disprove the claim made by Brutus about Caesar being ambitious. Mark Antony use of logos

Ethos Pathos and Logos “Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears”(III.ii.70). In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, one of the main characters, Antony, began his speech with those words. Other main characters include, Brutus, Cassius, and of course Julius Caesar. In the play, Caesar was a Roman Politician that was liked by almost every Roman, however, one man that despised him was Cassius. Both Cassius and Caesar had doubts about each other and in the end, those doubts led to the death of Caesar.

Brutus’ speech to the people of Rome regarding Caesar’s death successfully utilized logos. In the wake of Caesar’s assassination, the people of the Roman republic were left confused and Mark Antony, Caesar’s good friend, claimed allegiance to Brutus and the conspirators so that he could attempt to persuade the Romans against the conspirators. Many of the conspirators were against this idea but Brutus comforted them by deciding to stand before the Roman people to give a speech explaining his reasoning for murdering Caesar before Antony, saying, “I will myself into the pulpit first, And show reason of our Caesar’s death” [III.i.250-251]. Throughout Brutus’ speech, he used the rhetorical strategy of logos to show his logical reasoning -- he said, “[A]s he [Caesar] was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him” [III.ii.26-27]. Brutus makes sense of his unexpected action. He explains that as a good friend, he was happy when Caesar was fortunate, honored him when he was brave, and slew (or killed) him when he was ambitious. Brutus explains that Caesar had become a tyrant. He asked the Roman people a rhetorical question, “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” [III.ii.23-24]. Brutus also continues to explain that Caesar became a tyrant, therefore the man that Brutus murdered was not his kind friend Caesar but the ambitious tyrant Caesar. By explaining his reasoning, Brutus is able to help the Roman public see his actions as understandable and even commendable. Brutus’ use of logos in his speech appealed to

In the tragic play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, the ruler of Rome, Julius Caesar, is stabbed to death by some of his so-called friends. Brutus, one of Caesar's best friends, is approached by some of the other senators to join the conspiracy to kill Caesar. Brutus weighs his options and decides to join the conspirators for the good of Rome. At Caesars's funeral, Brutus gives a speech to convince the citizens that the conspirators were right to kill Caesar. In contrast, Antony gives a speech to convince the Romans that there was no real reason to kill Caesar. Both characters try to persuade the audience, but they achieve different tones using literary and rhetorical devices. The tone of Brutus' speech is prideful, while the tone of Antony's speech is dramatic and inflammatory.

Roman politician and popular figure in the Roman Republic, Mark Antony, uses the rhetorical devices of pathos, logos, and ethos in his funeral oration for Julius Caesar, in order to deem the assassination of Caesar by Cassius, Brutus, and their conspirators, wrong. The speech conducted by Mark Antony, a good friend of Caesar’s, has a sorrowful tone due to the fact that Mark Antony wants the crowds of Romans to agree with him. Antony conducts his speech in such a way to strike pity and regret in the assassinators and conspirators of Julius Caesar. Usage of pathos, ethos, and logos is essential in winning over the plebeians trust and respect.

“He hath brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms did the general coffers fill.” Here, Antony is providing an example of how Caesar logically was not considered ambitious. Caesar helped the betterment of his country by bringing slaves to serve the people of Rome. In what way could this have been dangerously ambitious? “When that the poor cried, Caesar wept.” Antony describes Caesar smilier to the common people. Caesar cared for them and did everything he could to benefit them. When the people were happy about something, so was he. If they were troubled or outraged at something, he was as well. “I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?” Antony asks a rhetorical question to the crowd to prove his point and rise the question of Brutus’s honor. If Brutus shows honorability, then why would he lie to the people? Antony uses logos successfully by creating logical arguments and providing examples to the crowd of why this decision was wrong and how unhonorable Brutus and the other people who murdered Caesar

In Shakespeare's play of Julius Caesar, Rhetoric is the art of convincing and persuading people by language through public speaking which is used in Julius Caesar’s speeches. These devices are used in Brutus and Antony statements throughout the play. Brutus is a conspirator who kills Caesar since he fears that he will have too much power over Rome and its people. In comparison, Marc Antony is the closest friend and most trusted to Caesar, who persuades the people of Rome against Conspirators for killing Caesar. (Thesis statement) Brutus appeals to logic when he explains his actions in Caesar funeral, where as Antony appeals to emotions, playing with the audience feelings to seek justice upon the conspirators.