The word “honorable” is an uplifting term used to describe a person with great honor and ethics, but Antony says he “should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong/ Who, you all know, are honourable men”(3.2.135-136). By the time Antony says this, he had already used the word “honorable” to describe Brutus and the conspirators five times, which indicates repetition. By using rhetorical devices such as repetition, Antony can get his point across, which is that the conspirators might not have actually done a very honorable thing. Antony also has to get something across to the audience, which is that they “are not wood.not stones, but men”(3.2.153-154). Antony is saying the opposite of what most people have previously said about the Plebeians, and calling them human beings instead of senseless things. He is essentially trying to butter up the Pelebeians so they do what he tells them to do, and complimenting them is one way to do that. Antony is trying to appeal to his audience, showing a clear sign of Pathos. Once the Plebeians are praised, Antony continues to repeat the word “honorable” by saying “I fear I am wrong the honourable men/ Whose daggers have stabbed
The word “honorable” is an uplifting term used to describe a person with great honor and ethics, but Antony says he “should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong/ Who, you all know, are honourable men”(3.2.135-136). By the time Antony says this, he had already used the word “honorable” to describe Brutus and the conspirators five times, which indicates repetition. By using rhetorical devices such as repetition, Antony can get his point across, which is that the conspirators might not have actually done a very honorable thing. Antony also has to get something across to the audience, which is that they “are not wood.not stones, but men”(3.2.153-154). Antony is saying the opposite of what most people have previously said about the Plebeians, and calling them human beings instead of senseless things. He is essentially trying to butter up the Pelebeians so they do what he tells them to do, and complimenting them is one way to do that. Antony is trying to appeal to his audience, showing a clear sign of Pathos. Once the Plebeians are praised, Antony continues to repeat the word “honorable” by saying “I fear I am wrong the honourable men/ Whose daggers have stabbed