Examples Of Ethos In Julius Caesar

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Antony uses pathos in his speech to make the people of Rome angry, furious, and sad, because Caesar did not deserve to die and he was an innocent man. Throughout his entire speech he uses verbal irony and repetition to get his point across. Antony tells the crowd that he is coming to give a speech about his beloved friend Caesar. As he continues with his speech he get more and more sarcastic. Before Anthony's speech, Anthony enters with Caesar's body to show how sad he is because of his death. Which makes the people of Rome realize what horrible thing Brutus did. In his speech he talks about how Caesar was a great leader. He tells them that Caesar cared about Rome and its citizens very deeply, and their was no reason for anyone to kill him …show more content…
When Antony enters with Caesar's body he wants to make the people of Rome feel sad and angry, which reminds the them what a horrible thing Brutus did. He really want the people to realize what these conspirators did, so Antony shows the crowd each place Caesar was stabbed by a conspirator. He shows his sadness and grief in his speech, which makes the people have sympathy. He says “ Bear with me;/ my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,/ And I must pause till it come back to me” (3.2. 115-117). Antony cries afterward, which makes the crowd feel sad and feel grief. He then continues afterward making the citizens more sad causing anger to form. He say “o masters, if I were disposed to stir/ your minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong,/ who are honorable men./ I will not do them wrong. I rather chose/ to wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,/ Than I will wrong such honorable men” (3.2. 134-139). Antony makes to people of Rome use their anger and sadness to think, should they really honor the people who murdered Caesar, and not believe a wonderful man who loved Caesar who was a great leader and only did what was best for his …show more content…
Antony was so furious and mad about Caesar's assassination, and wants to get revenge on the people who killed Caesar and also gain power for himself in Rome. He has to persuade the citizens that Caesar's murder was not right, and turn them against Cassius and Brutus. He tries to make the people of Rome angry, without saying anything about his engines. Antony uses things in his speech to successfully convince the citizens of Rome to turn against the conspirators. He uses specific evidence, which helps Antony to oppose Brutus’ explanation for the assassination, to show that Caesar was a good ruler and leader. He says “he hath brought, Many captives home to Rome, / whose ransoms did the general coffers fill” (3.2. 97-98). Then he says “when the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept” (3.2. 100). Marc Antony uses these things and evidence to show that Caesar really did care about the people of Rome, and to remind the people of all the good things he did. Caser risked his life with the captives, and gave financial support to the public with his own money. Antony is saying that when Ceaser felt the people of Rome sorrow and sadness, he’d feel for them. Antony has accomplished to make the people of Rome feel sad that he's gone, and they regret Ceaser is gone. Brutus has told the people of Rome he killed Caesar because he wanted to achieve something for

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