“Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” is an example of persuasion that William Shakespeare has Brutus say in Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, 3.2.21-3.2.22). Shakespeare uses a wide variety of persuasion in his play including: ethical appeal, and the Greek logos, ethos and pathos, as well as blank verse for high class characters like Brutus and Antony. The use of these persuasive techniques and the distinction of blank verse is best identified in Brutus’ and Antony’s conflicting speeches regarding Caesar’s death; moreover, Antony’s speech upsets Brutus’s because Antony uses authority in blank verse, as well as use logos, pathos, and ethos unlike Brutus’s logos and ethos.
The use of logos by Brutus is unlike that of Antony because Antony actually persuades the conspirators to talk to the people and then uses Caesar's final testament as rhetoric; . Originally, the conspirators were wary about giving Antony an opportunity to talk to the people, but Antony tells the conspirators that he would only talk highly of them. Likewise, Antony’s line “When that the poor h...
Brutus and Antony’s use of Ethos, Logos, and Pathos throughout the novel are just examples of the everyday persuasion used around us daily, when reading the play it does look like one giant competition to see who is the most persuasive and influential character. Even in today’s economy companies have to compete for the attention of consumers’ worldwide and politicians who argue their beliefs and views to millions of voters in order to get what they want, because the art of persuasion is just one big game.
However, Antony’s small amount of logos is just as strong, if not stronger than Brutus’s excessive amount. While in the first of calming the crowd, Brutus inquires, “Would you rather Caesar live and die all slaves, / than that Caesar were dead and die all free men?” (JC 3.2.23-24). This is a botched logic; he does not ever present actual evidence of this tyrannical behavior in Caesar or his actions. However, in the minds of the king-fearing Romans, the words, flimsy though they are, are enough. In disproving Brutus’s claims that Caesar was ambitious, Antony uses many examples to prove the opposite. The following brings the welfare of the people into it, showing that with Caesar alive they were given much: “He hath brought many captives home to Rome, / whose ransoms did the general coffers fill; / did this in Caesar seem ambitious?” (JC 3.2.89-91). Antony provides solid evidence and a sound argument to explain that Caesar’s seemingly ambitious actions were rather to help the people of Rome, which is not ambitious in the
Imagine yourself listening to a political debate, undecided as to which leader you agree with. One candidate begins to speak about unjust societal issues, such as the horrifying amount of people in the world that do not have food on their table. The candidate also begins to touch upon the topic of taxes and how he will lower them if he is elected. You find yourself being persuaded in the direction of emotions and morals. The power of language used to appeal others is not only present in the modern world, but also in the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by famous English playwright William Shakespeare. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar portrayed a story of how an aspiring leader, Julius Caesar, is assassinated by a group of schemers, lead by Marcus Brutus, who disagreed with Caesar’s decrees and ways of governing. Over the course of the text, it demonstrated the use of two rhetorical charms: ethos and pathos. While ethos refers to the moral and ethical appeal and pathos invokes to the emotional aspect, each one was evidently shown in the funeral speech for Caesar given by his best friend, Mark Antony. Prior to Antony’s speech, Brutus had given the plebeians a synopsis of what had occurred. However, Mark Antony knew that what Brutus had told the plebeians was false. In such manner, he allured the plebeians onto his side of the tragedy by touching upon ethical and emotional appeals.
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony attempt to persuade the audience of their position on the death of Caesar. While Brutus explains that his death was necessary, Antony claims that Caesar was not deserving of his demise. However, though Brutus does have ample credibility and taps into the emotional link with his audience to some extent, he does not convey as powerful of an argument as Antony, as he fails to provide sufficient factual evidence. Antony, on the other hand, utilizes logical argumentation with solid evidence, creates an emotional connection with his audience, and maintains credibility in order to support his own argument. Through this, it can be seen that Antony’s use of rhetorical appeals and devices is superior to Brutus’s in its ability to persuade the Roman audience.
In Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, pathos, logos and ethos are evidently and effectively used to persuade the audience into believing Caesar was not ambitious and that he was an innocent man. Throughout the speech the citizens were easily persuaded, but Anthony’s intellectual speeches made the audience question and imagine what they have turned into. Anthony used these three rhetorical appeals to win back the citizens just like many people do today. The power of pathos, logos and ethos in a speech can change one mind in an instant and if successfully used can change a mind to be fully persuaded without confusion.
Shakespeare evinces perspectives of situations, events and characters as innately conflicting, as the impossibility of a single and stable objective reality comes to advocate the embrace of truth and meaning as endlessly deferred and enigmatic. The Stoic Brutus' epideictic "not that I loves Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more" positions the twin motivations of a personal allegiance and socially altruistic pursuit of Republicanism as irreconcilable within a system of static moral precepts. Cassius embodies a humanistic subversion of the divine as the epistrophe "Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius" is contrasted with the ironic anaphora "Therein, ye gods, you make the weak so strong, therein ye gods, you tyrants do defeat" as the stage direction and pathetic fallacy "thunder continues" signifies a violent departure from theocentrism and the subversion of a single stable discourse. Caesar is subject to competing representations; by himself as metaphorically "as constant as the northern star"; by Anthony as benevolent as benevolent through the parralelism "when the poor hath cried, Casesar hath wept"; and as Cassius as undeservedly revered and poignantly mortal, through the dramatic imagery "Help me, Cassius, or I sink". These conflicting perspectives cannot be resolved into a stable and tru...
In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is a skillful orator who makes use of rhetorical devices to convey his points. In his speech made after the death of Caesar, Brutus uses devices such as ethos, parallelism, and rhetorical questions to persuade the people to his way of thinking. Ethos is when a speaker gives an example of credibility in order to appeal to the listener’s ethics. When Brutus asks the people to “believe me for mine honor, and have respect for mine honor” (3.2.14-15), he is using ethos to appeal to their morals in order to make them consider his opinions. The use of ethos exhibits Brutus’ need for the people to approve of him, and by extension, the assassination of Caesar. Later, Brutus utilizes parallelism
They both used logic and facts to get the crowd to forgive them or join them. In Brutus’ speech he says that Caesar had to die because he was ambitious, well Antony uses this to help him in his speech. He gives four great reason why Caesar was not ambitious. One of those reasons way that he was a war hero who brought back captives for ransom and that benefited Rome. Another example that Antony gave is that Caesar cried for the poor. This showed that he cared for everyone, even the poor. Brutus also uses Logos in his speech but in a different way. He gives the example that if they let Caesar be the ruler he would just keep gaining power and everyone would become a slave. He says that if he and the others didn’t kill him that the great Roman Empire would fall under his power. That is how Brutus and Antony use Logos in their
Ordinarily Brutus tries to appeal to the ethics of the people, by expressing his personal opinion. Antony also uses an ethical appeal, but he supports it with factual events. Throughout his speech he doesn’t once mention his opinion, instead he just gives examples of facts that would cause people support his side, without making them realize that's his intent. By specifically telling them just his opinion without supporting it with facts Brutus basically told the people what to believe, while Antony told them that these are the facts, but they can believe what they wish. The facts Antony tells are all, instances the plebeians know to be true, consequently his logos has an even greater effect. A couple examples of this are Caesar’s refusal of the crown, and the fact that the people addressed were once in support of him. Near the end of the speech, Antony brings up Caesar’s
To begin, Brutus’s use of logos in his speech was very useful when it came to persuading the audience. Brutus used logos by giving the people of Rome reasons why Caesar
In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Antony’s funeral oration contains several elements of deceit, yet wholeheartedly appeals to the desires of the audience. Antony harnesses the power of words, his rhetorical strategies stirring emotions, altering opinions and inducing action. His impulsive, improvisatory nature allows him to persuade the plebeians of the conspirators’ injustice, yet he never acknowledges this behaviour, allowing him to gain the masses’ political support. The mentioning of the will also accentuates the credulous nature of the audience as their desire to be satisfied allows Antony to manipulate their emotions, eventually resulting in several anecdotes appealing to the audience’s pathos yet still incorporating elements of deception.
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.
The most predominate and important aspect In the play Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare are the speeches given to the Roman citizens by Brutus and Antony, the two main charaters, following the death of Caesar. Brutus and Antony both spoke to the crowd,using the same rhetorical devices to express their thoughts. Both speakers used the three classical appeals employed in the speeches: ethos, which is an appeal to credibility; pathos, which is an appeal to the emotion of the audience; and logos, which is an appeal to the content and arrangement of the argument itself. Even though both speeches have the same structure Antony’s speech is significantly more effective than Brutus’s.
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.
According to the text , Social Psychology, “social psychology is the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to one another”(pg. 4) this is viewed in a variety of social topics incorporating group behaviors, attitudes, conformity, obedience to authority, stereotypes and peer pressure. Outside factors can have a positive or negative affect our view of ourselves and each other. These outside factors are used to persuade and influence group behavior. Persuasion is defined as “the process by which a message induces change in beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors” (Myers, 2010, pg. 230). The principles of this process of persuasion according to researchers, Robert Cialdini and Thomas Davidson, are attractiveness and likeability, reciprocity, social proof, consistency, authority, and scarcity (Davidson, 2008)(Myers, 2010, pg. 237). These principles of persuasion impact our self-perception, our attitudes and behaviors, and our culture.