How Does Mark Antony Use Ethos In Julius Caesar

As Vernon Howard once said, “ People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly.” In Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Antony both gave speeches to the people of Rome regarding Caesar’s death. In comparison of the two speeches, there were many similarities and differences. By using his rhetorical skills, Mark Antony was able to persuade the people of Rome to support him. Considering that Brutus’ speech contained mainly logos, he wasn't able to captivate his audience as well as Antony did. Marcus Brutus was the first person to give his speech after Caesar died. During his speech, Brutus told the audience to believe what he was saying because he is an honorable man (III, i, 14-16). By saying this, Brutus was using ethos to make himself seem credible. Brutus mainly used facts (logos) to convince the people why killing Julius Caesar was the right thing to do. Brutus used the either/or fallacy. He told the people that if Caesar was still alive then the entire population of Rome would die as slaves (III, i, 23). Momentarily, the crowd sided with Brutus and supported him, but this didn't last very long. Brutus did not realize that there was more to persuasion than just stating the facts. Like Brutus, Mark Antony also gave a speech following the
One main difference is how Brutus and Antony viewed each other. When Brutus delivered his speech, he didn't talk bad about Antony at all. After Brutus finished his speech, he told the commoners to respect and listen to what Antony had to say. However, when Antony gave his speech, he sarcastically complimented Brutus. Several times he mentioned how honorable Brutus was, when clearly he thought otherwise (III, ii 84, 89, 96, 101). Antony was very sly. His tone and choice of words created a negative vibe against Brutus. This resulted with the Romans supporting Antony, while becoming angered with