How Does Mark Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

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The death of a loved one affects different people in different ways, and in the case of Mark Antony in the classic The Tragedy Of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, the assassination of the great Caesar fostered feelings of hate and revenge in his mind. On the contrary, when Noa Ben Artizi-Pelossof's Grandfather was also assassinated, instead of feelings of hate and vengeance, everlasting love and emptiness shot through her heart. When Antony and Artizi-Pelossof wrote eulogies for their loved ones, their intentions were different, yet they similarly utilized pathos for sympathy. However, Antony’s tone and use of ethos was meant to gain followers for a rebellion, while Artizi-Pelossof’s tone and use of ethos only showed deep love for her "Saba". Sympathy is an emotion that makes everyone who has experienced a tragedy feel better; and in the case of Antony and Artizi-Pelossof they both use pathos to encourage this emotion in their audience during their respective speeches. During Yitzhak Rabin's funeral, Artizi-Pelossof mutters, “Grandfather, you were the pillar of fire in front of the camp and now we are left in the camp alone, in the On multiple occasions Antony voiced, “Brutus says he was ambitious/and Brutus is an honorable man.”(3.2.88-89). Every time Antony says these words they come off in a sarcastic manner, they were are also meant to rile up and cause disruption in the audience to make them want to take action against Brutus and the conspirators. During Artizi-Pelossof’s speech, she says, “You, who never abandoned anything, are now abandoned. And here you are, my ever-present hero, cold, alone, and I cannot do anything to save you.”(Artizi-Pelossof 1). Artizi-Pelossof is clearly broken hearted, so much so that her the only thing that she wants right now is to

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