How Does Brutus Use Ethos In Antony

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Dallas stokes
Mis.Savell
ELA II
10 February, 2017
Brutus and Atony Funeral Speech
Caesar was an honorable man. Almost everyone liked him. But he was getting too controlling. Getting too much power too fast. Brutus and Antony both had speeches were making Caesar seem like he has a good man.
They both use pathos to make the audience feel certain ways. Brutus uses pathos by having them to agree why it was right to kill Caesar. He says “had you rather Caesar was living and die all slaves, than that Caesar dead to live all free men” Act 3 Scene 2 lines 22-23. He is basically saying would you rather be a slave under Caesar or be a free person with him dead. Antony uses pathos to make the audience feel sad since Caesar is dead. He makes them sad by saying “my heart is in the coffin with Caesar, and I must pause till it comes back to me” Act 3 Scene 2 lines 104-105. He is saying that I feel bad that Caesar is dead and I will miss him and I cannot say anything until I can get my words back. They both use pathos to try and persuaded the people to agree with them.
Both Brutus and Antony use logos to use logic to help back their reasons on what the people should think. Brutus tells the people a he loved Caesar. He says “if there is any in this assembly, any dear friends of Caesar, to him I say that Brutus love to Caesar was no …show more content…
“Believe me for my honor and, you respect my honor that you may believe.” He saying that he wants the people of Rome to believe that bad stuff was going to happen it Caesar has continued to be using. That Caesar would have become too powerful for the people. But people are scared that Brutus is there to vile that will not love his country. Where the people could have thought that Brutus only Killed Caesar for the power. Antony’s speech was kind of different but the

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