Comparing Logos And Ethos In Julius Caesar

William Bernbach once said, “Persuasion is not a science but an art.” In the shakespearian play Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony Speaks to the People of Rome about Caesar’s death. Brutus makes a great speech, but Antony is the one who wins over the crowd. Let’s compare and contrast both sides of the two speeches. The strategy Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Karos was used in both speeches and each speech used it differently. Finally, the outcomes of both speeches to the crowd are very different from each other. Each speech was very thought out and read greatly. However, Antony came in as the winner of the crowd. The reason why he did was because he moved the crowd emotionally as Brutus just told the crowd why they did kill Caesar, like an informational speech. Also, Antony’s speech was right after Brutus’s speech so Antony in a way undid everything Brutus said. Antony out thought Brutus on how to “run” the crowd. …show more content…
Logos stands for logic, Ethos stands for ethics or credibility, Pathos stands for emotion, and Karos stands for timing. As we said in the previous paragraph Antony caught the crowd’s emotion and rallied them with that as Brutus’s speech was an explanation. In this way Brutus used Logos and also Ethos by thinking that the crowd credited him as a person. Antony’s speech on the other hand was completely just Pathos, but that is how he won the crowds heart. It was Brutus’s mistake that he did not use Pathos because out of the four Pathos is the strongest to use because emotion is the number one thing to win over a crowd. Antony also used the fourth element of Karos. By doing this he did not give the people time to think and react to the situation and led them to a path of rioting. Antony’s argument may be wrong, but he out smarted Brutus when it came to the crowd, and that is why Antony deserved to win the over The People of