“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (III.ii.72-73). After the ¬¬¬distressing assassination of the Roman general, Julius Caesar, two politicians, Marc Antony and Marcus Brutus, come to persuade the Roman crowd that their position on his death is the correct one. They each emphasize their positional differences by using rhetorical strategies that refer to logic, credibility, and emotional appeal. While Brutus may have stronger analytical methods, it is ultimately Antony’s ardent sentiment that wins the crowd over. Through his tactical use of logos, ethos and pathos in Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony delivers a more effective funeral speech. Antony first appeals to the Romans’
