The dual between Brutus and Mark Anthony Brutus and Mark Antony battled for the crowd’s approval on their opposing opinions of their deceased friend, Julius Caesar, convincing the people to join their side and beliefs.
In the book, Julius Caesar, By William Shakespeare, Brutus and the other Conspirators went against Julius Caesar for the benefits of Rome and the people. They believed that Julius Caesar had too much power and would eventually abuse it. Mark Antony was Julius Caesar’s “sidekick”, and would help Caesar out in any situation. Both Brutus and Mark Antony used rhetorical appeals, logos, ethos, and pathos, to persuade the crowd that julius caesar was killed wrongly and unjustifiably or for the better of rome.
Brutus and Mark Anthony tried to persuade the audience by using pathos to get their point across to the crowd. They both used emotion to make the audience feel sympathetic and understanding of their point towards the disagreement. When Brutus was presenting his speech he used Pathos to make the crowd understand why he killed Julius Caesar. Brutus said, “not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.” He wanted the people to understand that he wanted the best for Rome and the only way …show more content…
They tried to manipulate the crowd to believe in their “Story” and to be supporters of their side. In the end, the crowd sided with Marc Anthony , who had strong evidence and reasoning how it was not fair to kill Julius Caesar. Mark Antony believed that Julius Caesar was falsely killed and the conspirators had no right to kill him an innocent man. Considering Julius Caesar had not done anything to prove he had too much power on his hands or was going to abuse his power, it is reasonable that Mark Anthony and other citizens of rome would be upset that Julius Caesar was killed for the beliefs people had on him and not strictly on the actions of Julius