Blood Is Thicker Than Water
In Brutus’ speech he tries to persuade the audience (people of Rome) that he had many reasons to murder Caesar. He tells the audience that they can believe him by using ethos and saying “Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge.” (III, ii, 14-17). In Antony’s speech Antony is trying to persuade the Roman people by using ethos and addressing to them as “Friends, Romans, countrymen” (III, ii, 75), by doing this Antony is crediting the common people as his friends and people that he trusts. In his speech Brutus uses logos in “ if Caesar were living we would all die slaves” (III, ii, 23-24) to get the Roman people on their toes and persuade them to believe that if Caesar were still alive …show more content…
Antony uses logos in his speech “Brutus is an honorable man” (III, ii, 84-85), “He brought many cvaptives to Rome”(III, ii, 90-91), “ When the poor cried so did Caesar’ (III, ii, 93), “Everyone saw that he was offered the crown three times but he did not accept it.” (III, ii, 97-99), and by saying whay he said Antony is trying to get the people of Rome to believe that what Brutus and the conspirators did was wrong.
What makes Antony’s speech better than the speech that Brutus …show more content…
All he uses is using is logic and trust (logos and ethos). He tries to tell the people that is is logical that if the conspirators wouldn’t have killed Caesar that he would have become a dictator and that all of the free people would have become slaves. Brutus also claims that he is an honorable and trustworthy man; thus the common people should honor and trust him. The biggest mistake that Brutus made was leaving the funeral while Antony was speaking because then Antony could say whatever he wanted to and nobody could stop
In Brutus’ speech he tries to persuade the audience (people of Rome) that he had many reasons to murder Caesar. He tells the audience that they can believe him by using ethos and saying “Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge.” (III, ii, 14-17). In Antony’s speech Antony is trying to persuade the Roman people by using ethos and addressing to them as “Friends, Romans, countrymen” (III, ii, 75), by doing this Antony is crediting the common people as his friends and people that he trusts. In his speech Brutus uses logos in “ if Caesar were living we would all die slaves” (III, ii, 23-24) to get the Roman people on their toes and persuade them to believe that if Caesar were still alive …show more content…
Antony uses logos in his speech “Brutus is an honorable man” (III, ii, 84-85), “He brought many cvaptives to Rome”(III, ii, 90-91), “ When the poor cried so did Caesar’ (III, ii, 93), “Everyone saw that he was offered the crown three times but he did not accept it.” (III, ii, 97-99), and by saying whay he said Antony is trying to get the people of Rome to believe that what Brutus and the conspirators did was wrong.
What makes Antony’s speech better than the speech that Brutus …show more content…
All he uses is using is logic and trust (logos and ethos). He tries to tell the people that is is logical that if the conspirators wouldn’t have killed Caesar that he would have become a dictator and that all of the free people would have become slaves. Brutus also claims that he is an honorable and trustworthy man; thus the common people should honor and trust him. The biggest mistake that Brutus made was leaving the funeral while Antony was speaking because then Antony could say whatever he wanted to and nobody could stop