Brutus, the nobleman part of the conspiracy involving the assassination of his friend Julius Caesar, delivers a speech at his funeral to the plebeians which serves the purpose to explain that Caesar was too ambitious and he had to die for the betterment of Rome. He persuades his audience that there were valuable and noble reasons behind the assassination of Caesar. Brutus claims, “ Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves,” Brutus uses this antithesis along with the rhetorical device of pathos to explain his reason to the common people . He explains that Caesar was dear to him however, if Caesar had lived, he would have enslaved every Roman citizen by taking over power and
