Brutus Ethos In Julius Caesar

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In Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” Julius Ceasar was drastically assassinated by conspirators.After his death brutus explained not being so concise why he did so using Logic to tell how Ceasar could have been real bad to rome even though he only showed great integrity.Antony a close friend of Ceasar is given permission to speak by Brutus,he says how Ceasar was good and appeals to the citizens emotions Brutus starts his speech by calming the citizens down,he tells how Ceasar could turn bad.Brutus says how all the power could get to Ceasar’s head and how they stopped it before anything bad could happen.So he used Logos and ethos during his speech and says hownhe wants the best for Rome.
Antony gave his thoughts after Brutus was done speaking

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