How Does Antony Use Ethos In Brutus Caesar Funeral Speech

Mark Antony delivered a stronger funeral speech than Brutus by using his knowledge of his audience and what is ethically correct to them while appealing to their sense of emotion.
​Antony uses pathos, a more impactful word choice and concept, which connects better with the audience than Brutus. Antony exclaims:
​​“Look, in this place ran Cassius’ dagger though;
​​See what a rent the envious Casca made;
​​Though this the well-beloved Brutus stabbed
And as he plucked his cursed steel away,
Mark how the blood of Caesar followed it (Shakespeare).”
Antony uses strong words such as envious, plucked, and cursed to anger the audience. Antony also shouts these line with sternness in his voice. He easily steals the audiences’ hearts way from Brutus who did not so effectively use Pathos. However, Brutus uses lines such as “I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death (Shakespeare).” Yes, the line is very strong and effective for the time being, Antony comes to the stage and effectively uses a sturdier foundation by using Caesars body.

​Brutus uses logos to ultimately make his point.

Brutus questions the audience with this question, “Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free man?” Logically, one would want to be free than enslaved. This line justifies why he kills Caesar to the audience. Brutus says he did it to save Rome. However, Antony’s use of logo is more directly used to make the audience feel bad for killing Caesar. It is found in the reading of the will. He says “To every Roman citizen he gives, to every several man, seventy-five drachmas.” The line would make the audience feel shameful for killing Caesar. While this shows pathos, the logos in this is when Antony shows that Caesar cared so much about his people he left them money. This help influence the mind change of the

people.
​Ultimately, Antony defeats Brutus with his use of repetition and irony. Antony says multiply times “Brutus is an honorable man.” At first, it sounds like he actually means it, but later he says it sarcastically. He was an honorable man for killing a man who cares greatly for his country. Antony them sums up his speech by using this line, “I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke.” This is irony because part of his speech was disproving that Caesar was ambitious. As a matter of fact, his whole speech was to turn the audience against Brutus, an honorable man. Through his use of repetition and irony, he tells the audience that what the conspirators did was wrong without having to say it directly.