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
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
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
Antony asks rhetorical questions and lets the audience answer for themselves. Brutus uses ethos by stating that he a noble man and that is why the people should believe him but infact Antony questions his nobility by saying what Brutus said,” Brutus is an honourable man”(III.ii.79). In a way, Antony states what Brutus states to convince the audience by using examples that Brutus is wrong. Antony himself knows what kind of man Brutus is but lets the people figure it out on their own. In addition, Brutus uses logos by expressing that fact that Caesar died because of his ambition. This argument is severely under supported because his reasons are invalid and simply observations. Antony uses “did this in Caesar seem ambitious” to question Brutus’ argument (III.ii.82). Antony gives examples backing his argument like when Caesar refused the crown thrice to prove his humbleness. The way Antony convinces the people to rebel is by using pathos. He brings the audience in by stepping down to their level and showing them the body of Caesar. While Antony talks at Caesar's funeral, he pauses because” heart us in the coffin there with Caesar “(III.ii.98). When Antony becomes emotional, he reminds the audience about what injust event happened to the much loved
In act III, scene ii, Antony proves to himself and the conspiracy, that he has the power to turn Rome against Brutus. He deceived the conspirators with his speech during Caesar’s funeral. In this speech, Antony pulls at the heartstrings of the countryman by showing emotions and turning them against their beloved leader, Brutus. The scene takes place the day of Caesar's death. Leading up to this point the people loved Brutus because, reasonably he explains of them about Caesar's death and told them it was necessary. In Antony's speech he showed signs of hatred towards Brutus and the conspirators. He thinks for himself and deceives the people, when he explains how Brutus lied to the people . The plot depends on Antony’s speech.
Brutus vs Antony 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 characters, 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. Both speakers used an ethical appeal to the crowd and established their credibility.
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
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
Both, Brutus and Antony, used ethos, logos, and pathos in their speeches in an effort to get the people of Rome to side with them in the war that was just beginning. They both were able to use theses three modes of persuasion in different ways that benefited them. Brutus pulled more towards logic and reason and Antony pulled more towards
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”
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.
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.
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.
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
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