Ethos In Julius Caesar

Anyhow, speeches that came 300 years earlier than Churchill’s weren’t very different. Even ones that were in books, one of the most famous, the speech made by Brutus in the book “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare, wasn’t far deviant in the use of ethos, logos and pathos. Almost matching with Churchill, Brutus begins by developing his credibility with ethos. “Believe me, for mine honour” (Line 3-4), quoted Brutus, in an attempt to initially prove himself worthy of listening to what he had to say. Even just this single ethos was a desideratum because he was blameworthy for the assassination of Caesar, which the people of Rome cherished. If Brutus were to not state his credibility, the chance of the crowd not hearing him would be towering.

To start off, Brutus replies to most of the crowds initial thoughts by telling “any dear friend of Caesar, … that [his] love to Caesar was no less than [them]” (Line 7-9), in an endeavor to grab the hearts of the common folk and say that he loved Caesar too. However, even with admiring Caesar, he “loved Rome more” (Line 11-12), and was the reasoning behind the murder of Caesar. After a few tugs on the soft side of the Romans emotion, Brutus then takes a quick spike at them, with wondering “who … here [is] so rude that would not be a Roman” (Line 21). Relating with Britain and Winston Churchill, nationalism was high too for the Romans, and with the knowledge of that, Brutus can ask the question, calculating that there would not be a response. Subsequently, when there was no reply to Brutus’ inquiry, he proceeds forward with a follow-up question, of “who is here so vile that will not love his country” (Line 22-23). With the location of the word “vile” in this sentence, creates a more momentous decision that the Romans have to assemble. Although, with no one answering the first question of Brutus, it is almost certain no one would answer the next. Bringing this back, in the context of the situation, Brutus uses pathos, logos and ethos to his full advantage to convince the audience that it was compulsory to put an end to