Mark Antony's Ethos In Julius Caesar

Mark Antony appeals to the crowd's sense of ethos to establish himself in their eyes as a noble man, and to surreptitiously separate the conspirators' from their lofty reputations. Specifically, Antony mentions that he has the power to "do Brutus wrong and Cassius wrong, who, you know, are honourable men", but he "will not do them wrong: [he] rather choose[s] to wrong the dead, to wrong [himself] and [the people], than [he] will wrong such honourable men" (). Antony says that though he could, it wouldn’t be right to speak against the conspirators, and he would rather take the blow of Caesar's death himself. The repetition of the words "wrong" and "honourable" places emphasis on the killers' reputation, and sheds light on how Antony has respect