Examples Of Ethos In Julius Caesar

By analyzing Brutus and Antony's speeches, it is clearly shown that Antony persuaded the crowd better than Brutus had. Both men used very persuasive statements containing many examples of ethos, pathos, and logos. Brutus uses his "nobleness" to persuade the crowd into thinking he has merely done this for the people of Rome. By using the way people look up to him, he told them that they should be thankful that he managed to assassinate Caesar for the good of Rome when they did. So of course the people believe him. Antony on the other hand is so persuasive that he had a speech about mourning over Caesar and by the end of his speech he has the crowd wanting the murder Brutus without him telling them that they should. He uses the most indirect persuasive statements.
Brutus tells the crowd about how Caesar was courageous, but Antony makes them realize the punishment did not fit the crime for Caesar. Brutus uses an ethos statement to first try to get the people to see the situation from his point of view. He says, "As Caesar loved me. As he was fortunate. As he was valiant." So he uses ethos to make the people believe that Caesar loved Brutus even though he stabbed Caesar. He also how Caesar was "valiant" or showed courage. Antony talks very highly
He does this because Brutus tells him not to talk bad about the conspirators so he tells the people they are noble men while actually persuading them to make them pay for Caesar's assassination. One way he does this is by saying, "The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious." Brutus uses logos to tell the crowd, "To him I say that Brutus love to Caesar was no less than his. Not that I loved Caesar, but that I loved Rome more." He makes them think that his actions were not out of envy or jealousy but out of reasoning to save Rome from a terrible