Julius Caesar Friendship Vs Patriotism

The Words of Friendship VS. Patriotism
One of Shakespeare’s plays that can be considered more notable than others is No Fear Julius Caesar. Through the actions of many characters, many different mini-climaxes begin to develop. Each of these climaxes lead to a major conflict between two characters; Brutus and Antony. The introduction to this conflict is at the funeral of a man who was once a friend of both Brutus and Antony, until Brutus and other conspirators murdered him for the good of Rome. After Brutus speaks about the death, Antony approaches his opportunity to persuade the Roman people. Antony is trying to make the crowd believe Brutus and the other men are murderers, while Brutus is trying to prove their innocence. Antony captures
Ethos is the appeal to which the speaker is using one's’ credibility. Antony calls Brutus an ‘Honorable man’ several times throughout his speech, at one point in time Brutus had been considered an honorable man by most men in Rome. However, Antony does not believe Brutus is honorable and is trying to tarnish Brutus’ credibility in order to gain more support. On the contrary, Antony speaks of Caesar’s positively in order to show his loyalty to the man who was once his best friend. Antony tells the crowd that he is not there to praise him; however, he does praise him in a secretive way. Antony pleads with the crowd to see that Caesar was a good man who did no harm by saying, “Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff” (III, ii, 89-91). Antony goes on to give other examples of when Caesar was the exact opposite of power thirsty, however he lacks to state the whole truth about Caesar’s ambitions. Brutus on the other hand points out the love he had for Caesar, but tells everyone that his first love Rome. Antony is a smart man who knows when using logics and telling the truth is useful. He understands that the Romans can be bought out, he knows that if he mentions Caesar’s will that he will have the people hooked. This is when Antony begins to speak about the will and what it contains that concerns the people and Caesar’s love for them. Antony says this about the will, “But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar. I found it in his closet. 'Tis his will. Let but the commons hear this testament—Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read—And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds. And dip their napkins in his sacred” (III, ii, 127-132). At this point in time, Antony has lost all fear of losing against Brutus. He is treating the people of Rome as if they were dogs, dangling