Antony's Use Of Ethos In Brutus Caesar

After comparing Brutus and Antony's techniques of persuading the crowd using ethos, pathos, and logos, it is obvious that Brutus is the more persuasive speaker.
Both Brutus and Antony used ethos trying to persuade the crowd who the best persuasive speaker is at the funeral speech. One example from Brutus is, "Believe me for mine honor and have respect to mine honor that you may believe." He is trying to make them to respect him and believe him so that he will be proven to be the best persuasive speaker. One example from Antony is, "Ambition should be made of sterner stuff." One can see that it is going to take tons more than ambition to establish their problems and get the job done. Another example from Antony is, "It will inflame you, it will make you mad." This quote is important because he is warning them that it will make them angry. These quotes use ethos to try and persuade the crowd who is the better speaker.
Brutus and Antony use pathos in their funeral speech to try and convince the crowd, which one is the better speaker. In the play Brutus says, "I wept for him. I rejoice at it. I honor him." Therefore [WCR1] he truly did care for Caesar. Antony says, "I come to bury Caesar, not praise him." One can see that Antony does not care for Caesar as much as Brutus does. Antony also says, …show more content…
One example from Brutus is, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." Therefore, it is showing the crowd that he honestly did love Caesar, but his heart loved and cared for Rome more. One example from Antony is, "The noble Brutus Itath told you Caesar was ambitious." Therefore, Caesar was intensely ambitious. Another example from Antony is, "I rather choose to wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you." This quote is important because it shows that Antony would rather wrong the dead than his self and the people of Rome. These quotes use logos to try an persuade the crowd, which one is the better