After Caesar dies in Act II, the excitement doesn’t end it gets even more intense when the speeches of Brutus and Antony take place. Antony and Brutus both gave speeches at Caesar’s funeral that were laid out with many uses of fallacies, logos, ethos, and pathos were used throughout these speeches. In one way, they had many similarities in their techniques. However, Antony and Brutus had many differences as well which put one of the speeches slightly above the other. Reading the play, in Antony's speech, he did well using logos, ethos, and pathos, along with fallacies. They were both very intelligent in the way they were speaking to their audience’s. By knowing the audience, they played them and used fallacies and other literary …show more content…
Antony uses more pathos in his speech, and in the actions that take place after his speech (III,ii,196-198). Brutus uses the fallacy of either-or when he says, “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, live all free men?” (III,ii,25-27). This is making the audience think that there were only two options for them where it really could’ve ended in many different ways. Brutus uses ethos in most of his speech, he says he’s one of them when expressing why Caesar had to be killed. As if he was just a common person and no alternative motives for the death of Caesar. Antony uses pity in his speech, which made the people feel a sense of sadness that Caesar was gone. Brutus however does not use this technique. Brutus is cut-throat and lets the people know how he feels straight out, and hopes they view it the same way he does. Kairos was the main factor in why Antony’s speech was better, or a step above Brutus’ speech. In the act, Antony goes after Brutus immediately so he knows how to counteract the conspirators’ speech. For instance, he uses logos by stating an abundance of facts on why Caesar was however not ambitious. Antony also is quick in telling the People of Rome to riot. He does not allow or give them time to reflect on the speech. He also used pity to pull the crowd in using pathos by showing who stabbed Caesar, and where. He did this even though
Antony also uses the power of his speech, similar to Cassius, to influence the plebeians of Rome by carefully structuring his words together and using various tones to appeal to the audience. Antony uses repetition, such as this quote, “I thrice presented him a kingly crown,/ Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?/Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,/And sure he is an honourable man.”(III.ii.94-97) Antony uses this repetition of giving evidence to the people of what Caesar’s characteristics were really like, showing them that Caesar was not as ambitious as Brutus said, and calling Brutus an honourable man. The repetition allows for the plebeians to realize the truth because of Antony’s multiple exposures of verification that Caesar was not ambitious and how Brutus and the other conspirators are at fault. It also influences the plebeians to believe that Brutus is not noble at all because of how deceitful he acts when justifying his causes to murder Caesar. Antony then says, “[...]Bear with me./My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,/and I must pause till it come back to me.”(III.ii.103-105). Antony indicates how close his relationship to Caesar and that he feels so heartbroken that he chokes up from all the overwhelming emotions he feels. The tone of his speech elicits sympathy from the plebeians due to the
In Julius Caesar two men, Antony and Brutus, make two different speeches but with the same concept of ethos, logos, and pathos at Caesar's funeral. Brutus claims that it is okay that he killed Caesar and makes a speech about it. Antony is the more persuasive speaker than Brutus because he uses ethos, pathos, and logos better than Brutus. Brutus has a way with the people. He is a politician, and he knows how to get the people on his side.
Persuasion is a natural method many people use to influence a person's beliefs, attitudes, intentions, motivations, or behaviors in a situation. Many include, bribing parents to buy clothes to even lending someone money. Either way, people all over the world use words or phrases to convince or sway a person into believing them. Just as many people have used rhetorical appeals to persuade someone, Anthony also uses the rhetorical appeals; heartfelt pathos, questionable logos and evident ethos in William Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to convince his audience that Caesar was not ambitious and that Caesar was innocent
Brutus uses prose, perhaps showing less calculation than his words would have one think he'd want to flaunt; in understanding his speech theretofore, the divide between his masterfully premeditated words and his apparently hasty organization of said words is seemingly unintentional and perhaps even sloppy. However, such an odd combination can actually withal have the effect of causing his audience to think he conceived of his reasons on-the-fly; his use of prose can be interpreted as his attempt to appear inherently logical and innately judicial by the most brilliant faculty so as to build up an even bigger ethos in an unexpected and confounding way. And it works; consequent cries from the plebeians include, "Live, Brutus, live, live!", a quote that seems far too emotional for an audience who merely just listened to a speech involving much dispassionate logic; yes, it is the prose style of the speech that allows introspection and application to reality of the part of his audience, causing the mob to associate his more calculated claims with human values and attributes instead of those of, say, a statue (3.2.1419). In contrast, Mark Antony uses blank verse, which is fairly poetic and rhythmic; this is likely so as to provide a structure and flow that shows wherewithal and intention and provides a sense of ethos, which the words themselves seem to lack in pursuing the piercing and vivid pathos they did. It can be said that the sobbing on Mark Antony's part contributed to his speech and even bettered it; but sobs alone do no good in this sort of setting if there's no fruitful organization of them. Mark Antony's weeping before the mass of plebeians could simply result in a lump in the collective jugular anatomy of the people there; however, it is not so: because of the deliberate organization of his speech, Mark Antony is able to convert raw emotional power into neat and logical
After Julius Caesar’s death in Act III, Brutus and Marc Antony spoke out to the people at Caesar’s funeral. Both speeches by William Shakespeare, given to the Roman people by the main characters in this Act, Brutus and Antony were both ways of trying to get the people on their side. In the speeches spoken to the crowd, they used a variety of the same three classic appeals such as Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. Each speech pretty much had the same structure but one was way more effective on the crowd than the other. And I am going to explain everything put into the speeches and the outcome of who won over the Roman crowd in the end.
During Brutus’ speech, he used pathos to establish the emotional contact with the Romans that Antony’s was lacking. Having one’s audience emotionally invested to their listening is precisely critical to have a greater outcome. Using a great deal of emotion, Brutus spoke, “I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my county to need my death” (3.2.37-38). By saying this, Brutus made all the Romans feel compassionate about his strong devotion towards Rome. Since he was willing to die, the Romans foresee him as a hero. Although Antony used emotions in his speech, he did not use it to the extent Brutus did, “I will not do them wrong; I rather choose to wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, than I will wrong such honourable men”
Since the people knew Caesar because of his friendliness and how nice he was to people he was able to get sympathy for his death. When the people remembered how good he was at one point they wanted to get vengeance on the conspirators,Antony had used persuasion and reverse psychology with the crowd to get mad at the conspirators. Brutus had not connected to the people as well because he did not give as much sympathy about Caesar's Death , and what he will give in return. Antony had touched the people when he sad said that he had money and land for the people of rome but he did not want to read it because it would make them made. Once that had hit there was no way Brutus could fight back against Antony's
Antony is delivering this speech, after Brutus's speech, in front of the Roman peo0ple shortly after Caesar’s death. He is delivering this speech in spite of Brutus and Cassius killing good Casar. Having known they killed Caesar after all he did for them and Rome was shocking to him. The speech was delivered under the circumstance that Anotony wanted to related to the “common folk” and somehow raise their spirits as he talked about all of Caesar's motivation,achievements, and ambition. The people of Rome are all hearing his speech and are agreeing with his every word. The people are still very upset and distressed by
First, the two speakers use different appeals to the audience in order to persuade them. Antony uses pathos, or an appeal to emotions, in his speech while Brutus uses logos, or an appeal to logic. Antony’s emotional appeals can clearly be seen when he declares, “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (Shakespeare 1460-1464). In this excerpt, Antony provides examples of the noble acts of Caesar in order to make the audience emotional. His statement asserting that Caesar wept along with the poor despite his elevated status and examples of sacrifices created a mournful mood. Antony adds to his effective emotional appeals by crying during his speech and prompting outrage from the audience at the death of such a “sacrificial” and “noble” leader. Clearly, Antony uses pathos, or emotions, to convince his audience. In contrast, Brutus uses logos in order to convince his audience when he states, “not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him. As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honor for his valor, and death for his ambition” (Shakespeare 1397-1404). This excerpt very clearly shows Brutus use of logos in his speech. The speaker logically explains his reasons for killing Caesar and the correct reactions to Caesar’s actions. For example, he loved Caesar for his noble actions and killed him for his ambition. Brutus is a very logical man and he incorporated his logic into his speech by directly stating what he did for which reason using a logical sequence.
His word choice and repetition eventually makes the people lean on his side. He makes it clear that the conspirators have killed Caesar and that they have betrayed him by doing so. The sad thing about betrayal is that it’s never caused by the ones you hate or dislike but by the ones you love and adore. Caesar thought of all of them as friends never believing that any of them would want to kill him. He never thought that the friendship between he and Brutus would end the way it did. Antony stresses how friendships and emotional connections are important. Throughout the play he makes it clear that a friend betraying you is worse than any pain you can even imagine. When Caesar takes that blow from Brutus the tears that fell were because of betrayal. Using rhetorical devices and pathos in his speech really made the people change their mind about whose side to take and what to
Shakespeare is no where close to modern text but, he does know how to achieve a certain purpose in writing which is used today. The play, Julius Caesar, has two very important speeches that are uttered by the characters Mark Antony and Brutus while at Caesar’s funeral. Brutus’ speech, which shows what should be his sorrow for Caesar’s death that he allowed, uses the rhetorical appeal pathos in order to get his point across. This appeal provides emotion to persuade the audience into believing the speaker. In this case, Brutus is making an effort to get the people of Rome to believe that Caesar had to die. That’s why throughout the speech, he continues to state how he is mourning the loss of his friend. There are also rhetorical strategies
In William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, two speeches are given to the people of Rome about Caesar's death. In Act 3, Scene 2 of this play Brutus and Antony both try to sway the minds of the Romans toward their views. Brutus tried to make the people believe he killed Caesar for a noble cause. Antony tried to persuade the people that the conspirators committed an act of brutality toward Caesar and were traitors. The effectiveness and ineffectiveness of both Antony's and Brutus's speech to the people are conveyed through tone and rhetorical devices.
Depending on the cause and how they speak is how an audience will react. The ending can make or break how it went, you always want to leave the crowd with your main point or something to get across to them. Brutus mentions Antony “Do grace Caesar’s corpse and grace his speech”(3.2.62-63), this leaves people in anticipation of Mark Antony’s speech and to give him respect and time. Agnes Heller says “Brutus is not a man without passions...such as friendship, courage, magnanimity, temperance, and justice.”(Heller) this can show that Brutus does not know any better than to tell the people about Mark Antony and support him because he is too kind hearted to purposely not give Antony a chance to speak. Mark Antony however ends his speech with pathos and emotion, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar”(3.2.108) which makes the crowd sympathize for him. Also Antony makes sure to include a dramatic pause for his speech to sink in and for effect, this causes the people to go out into a riot. Antony got the reaction he was looking for by angering the Romans, seeing that Caesar is dead without good cause. In the article “The Tragic Hero of Julius Caesar” Paolucci says that “Marc Antony will be the key figure in the determination of the fate of Rome and of the conspirators/liberators.”(Paolucci). In the play Antony does become a key factor in their fate, this speech is part of it because he quickly turns the Roman citizens against them. The kind of reputation that you have in a community can also have a huge part in making people listen to you. Brutus was known as the nobleman throughout Rome that people would often listen to and trust. Mark Antony was known as Caesar’s loyal friend but also did not have to bad of a reputation in Rome, maybe not as good as Brutus but it was not bad. “Here comes his body mourned by Antony”(Shakespeare, 3.2.42) shows empathy to Mark Antony and makes the audience start focusing on Antony instead of himself and
he uses pathos to make the audience feel bad about the death of caesar which makes them feel angry at brutus for killing caesar. he starts using pathos at the very beginning of his speech when he says “ i come to bury caesar” this quote just makes you feel sad mark antony just here to bury his friend. he also says towards the middle of the speech that he came to the speak about caesar “he was my friend faithful and just to me” this quote makes you feel bad for mark antony because he just lost a good friend which makes you more open to what he has to say. after reading the whole speech it's easy to see he uses pathos very effectively because at the very end you do feel bad for him. his pathos also makes him more relatable he doesn't seem like some politician trying to sway you he seems ordinary and
In the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony both give speeches addressing the murder of Caesar done by the conspirators. Brutus’s speech explains why he felt that what he had done wasn’t something that he wanted to do, but something that he felt he needed to do. Mark Antony’s speech emphasizes the fact that no matter what their reasons, the conspirators are the murderers of the people’s beloved Caesar. He explained that although the conspirators are “noble men”, the act that they had just committed was unjust because Caesar was not an ambitious man like they had claimed he was. In each of their speeches, both men used ethos, logos, and pathos to enlarge the impact that their speeches had on the people and