In the Shakespearean play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”, Mark Antony’s speech, following the death of Julius Caesar, is more effective in persuading the audience than that of Brutus because Antony’s speech uses ethos and pathos to the audience in more substantial ways. After Antony begins to rile the crowds’ emotions, he exclaims, “I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts: / I am no orator, as Brutus is; / But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man” to emphasize that he is equal to those in the crowd (3.2.????). He is clearly appealing to the ethos of the townspeople, so they begin to believe that Antony is honest and worthy of listening to. Antony depicts himself as an honest man, creating a disparity between Brutus and himself, to
