Julius Caesar Rhetorical Analysis

Julius Caesar, a drama written by William Shakespeare, is about the dictator Julius Caesar, who was assassinated by a group of conspirators, and the effects that followed. Close friends of Caesar, Mark Antony and Brutus, both spoke at his funeral. Mark Antony had the strongest and most effective speech because he utilizes rhetoric such as pathos and ethos. He uses rhetoric to prove that Brutus’s claims are inaccurate. Antony also relates to the people on a different level than Brutus, this causes the people feel comfortable and feel a sense of trust with him unlike Brutus.
The overall purpose of Antony’s speech was too nullify the effects of Brutus’s convincing explanation of Caesar's assassination, Reveal the true intentions of the conspiracy