Examples Of Logos In Julius Caesar

Both Brutus' and Antony's speeches had very little Logos in them but their speeches did have some in it. Some true things that Brutus talks about are when he speaks

To start his speech, Antony opens with some kind words about Caesar. Antony uses ethos by speaking kindly of Caesar and saying, “He was my friend, he was faithful and just to me” (line 81). Antony appears to be a honest and humble man mourning for his friend. By saying “Brutus is an honorable man” (line 83), Antony places himself on the crowd’s side because up to this point the crowd is in favor of Brutus. Antony has made himself seem more trustworthy which also utilizes ethos. He then continues to speak of Caesar’s great deeds that do not support Brutus’s claim of Caesar’s ambition. For example, Antony tells of Caesar saying, “He brought many captives home to Rome whose ransoms brought wealth to the city” (line 83). This is all Brutus wants Antony to say but Antony continues and asks the crowd, “Is this the work of an ambitious man” (line 89)? Antony is using logos to influence the Roman people because he provides a counterexample to the claims of Caesar’s ambition. Furthermore, Antony places doubt in Brutus by saying, “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man” (lines 91-92). This use of logos allows Antony to prove Brutus wrong, even if he does not say it out loud.

Antony’s use of pathos was innumerably better than Brutus’. Antony connects to the citizens of Rome and allows for them to empathize with him. However, though Brutus provides emotions in his speech, he does not provide the same connection and his attempt to appeal to his audience’s emotions falls short. Antony demonstrates how strongly he feels by weeping over the body of Caesar. Brutus, however, reveals his emotions by plainly stating that he feels remorse, thus preventing the Romans from empathizing with him.

Brutus first states, “[Would you rather Caesar] living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead to live a freemen” Then Antony came back with “You all did love him once, not without cause. What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?” After Brutus’ speech, Antony was able to evoke the feeling of the audience and bring them back, before his death and see what they had loved within Caesar before his death. All of his accomplishments were able to evoke the emotions they had before his death and then wanted to actually kill Brutus. In the next Scene, it mentioned a major consequence of the words that Antony had spoken. The famous poet Cinna was killed. However, he wasn’t even involved in the assassination of Caesar. That was how much emotion he was able to evoke in the people in Rome. Although ethos could establish the cold, hard truth, pathos can get under peoples skin and effect them and draw them into your cause. In which case it is Antony's'

In the text Julius caesar conflicting perspectives can be seen in act 3 scene one where both Brutus and Antony give speeches about caesars death. In Brutus’s speech he uses a

Brutus’ use of logos in his funeral speech was ineffective because they were logical fallacies and were not supported by solid facts. Brutus thought that Caesar’s nature would change after he obtained more power and authority, and that keeping Caesar around would be very catastrophic, since he could turn his back against his people any time. In Brutus’ funeral speech, he tried to convince the Plebeians that Caesar was too ambitious, was a threat to the Roman Republic, and will cause the Plebeians to become suppressed and enslaved. As Brutus said to the Plebeians, “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar dead, to live all free men”(III.ii.24-26)? In this quote, Brutus justified killing Caesar by saying that if

Antony uses logos when he tells the crowd that he has Caesar’s will. He says, “But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar. I found it in his closet. ‘Tis his will. Let but the commons hear his testament- Which, pardon me, I do not mean

Marc Antony’s eulogy wins the heart of his fellow Romans by undermining and destroying the conspiracy. The conspirators claim that it was necessary for the good of the republic to murder Caesar and convince the crowds of Romans to believe so. After he wins over the crowd, Brutus, a conspirator, allows Marc Antony to speak considering him as no threat to the conspiracy. However, Brutus is proven wrong when Antony’s oration manipulates the crowd into a mob thirsty for the blood of the conspirators. Marc Antony’s eulogy is more compelling to the crowd with his use of rhetorical appeals, ethos, pathos, and logos, compared to Brutus in the tragedy, Julius Caesar.

Ethos is used when he states, "Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe. " When brutus says this, he convinced the crowd that he should be trusted, like when doctors approve something medical. Finally, Brutus used logos when he said, "Who is here so vile that will not love his country? " This is like saying, who here is so terrible that they dont

The use of logos in Antony's speech helps him start to change the strong views of the plebeians in the crowd. Antony appeals to logos when he mentions that Caesar was not ambitious as honorable Brutus had mentioned before. He mentioned "When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept" (III, ii, 92), which directly contradicts what Brutus has said about Caesar. It is logos

Logos can be seen used by Brutus and Mark Antony, However Brutus was able to use logos more efficiently to appeal to the citizens. In particular Brutus used this rhetorical strategy to persuade the people to his side. Brutus’s exploit of logos can be examined as he says “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” (45). From these lines Brutus uses logos as he gives all the citizens a logical reason for why he killed Caesar. Brutus uses logos to explain to everyone that if Caesar was alive everybody would be living as slaves rather than freemen. In contrast to Brutus, Mark Antony uses logos to support Caesar. Mark Antony utilizes logos to disprove the claim made by Brutus about Caesar being ambitious. Mark Antony use of logos

Roman politician and popular figure in the Roman Republic, Mark Antony, uses the rhetorical devices of pathos, logos, and ethos in his funeral oration for Julius Caesar, in order to deem the assassination of Caesar by Cassius, Brutus, and their conspirators, wrong. The speech conducted by Mark Antony, a good friend of Caesar’s, has a sorrowful tone due to the fact that Mark Antony wants the crowds of Romans to agree with him. Antony conducts his speech in such a way to strike pity and regret in the assassinators and conspirators of Julius Caesar. Usage of pathos, ethos, and logos is essential in winning over the plebeians trust and respect.

Brutus speech is the one that was friends with Julius and was faithful to him, but Brutus believes that Mark Anthony is an honorable man who poses no threat to him and his fellow conspirators, whom he has also misjudged. “Censure me in you wisdom, and awake your senses, that may the better judge”. Logos was used in that quote because Brutus is telling the Plebeians that they need to take