Antony Versus Brutus 'Speech In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar'

The Last Cut Hurts The Worst Why did Antony’s speech beat Brutus’s speech? Antony’s speech was better than Brutus’s speech because he hit the audience with Pathos (Emotion), unlike Brutus who used Logos (Logic) and Ethos (Ethics). Mankind are subjected to their emotions rather than thinking for themselves, and due to this Antony’s speech prevails Brutus’s speech. When Brutus spoke to the crowd, they understood what he was saying and trusted him. When Antony spoke, the crowd rose up in rage and was set on revenge, which had the opposite effect of Brutus’s speech. Brutus could’ve won the argument but he made some mistakes that derailed his plans. When the conspirators killed Julius Caesar, they should’ve kept Antony with Julius and not
When Antony was speaking with the common folk, he addressed them as if he was one of them, which made them think that he was a simple man(III, ii, 72). When Antony was talking about the conspirators he acted like he was praising them but he was being sarcastic(III, ii, 81-82). He had to make it super obvious or else they wouldn’t have picked up on it. Antony shows that the conspirators were wrong to the people so he can get the people on his side and bring coas to Rome(III, ii, 95-98). For the final blow to deliver the argument home, he shows the people the spot where Brutus stabbed Julius(III, ii, 171-173). The Roman people were so dim witted that they believed that was were Brutus stabbed Caesar, but Antony wasn’t there and the crowd didn’t know it so they believed him.
From the details shown above, it proves that Antony’s speech was better than Brutus’s speech. Antony won because he hit them from the emotion standpoint and didn’t think of them of how he thinks of himself. Brutus lost because he didn’t use emotion and he thought the Roman people were exactly like him. Antony knew how to play the people, Brutus didn’t so the Roman people turned on him. The Roman people are dim witted and can’t think for