Julius Caesar, Antony vs. Brutus

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Antony’s speech used both of the rhetorical appeals which are pathos and ethos. His speech is little repetitive in the fact that it keeps talking about Brutus being a noble man. It seems as if after everything Antony says about Brutus he covers up by saying that Brutus was a noble man. At the beginning of the speech Antony says “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears” (3.2.73) which seems like he is kind of begging the audience to listen to him. Antony expressed that Caesar was a good man and that he wasn’t ambitious. Ambition was the quest for power and Antony stated, “I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?” (3.2.95-96). So if Caesar refused to take the crown and become king then he wasn’t looking for power. Towards the end of the speech Antony weeps when he states, “O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason. Bear with me; my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me” (3.2.103-106). However, Brutus had a more difficult job as he had to convince the crowd to forgive him for the murder of the head of the Roman Empire. “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men” (3.2.20-21). One of the rhetorical appeals that Antony used in his speech was pathos. An example of pathos in his speech is “When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (3.2.90). This is pathos because it shows how sensitive Caesar was. Another example was when Antony said, “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar” (3.2.105). This example shows how emotional Antony gets when he speaks about Caesar. Brutus expresses, “It’s not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” (3.2.18) while showing integrity. Another of the rhetorical appeals that Antony used in his speech was ethos. An example of ethos in
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