“Without trust and respect, only fear and distrust of others’ motives and intentions are left”-Unknown. In the play “Julius Caesar” Antony uses the rhetorical devices ethos,pathos, and logos to help persuade the people of Rome to trust him. He tugs at the Roman’s heart strings when he explains how amazing and thoughtful Caesar was. He says examples of how he put Rome and the Roman people before anything else and how devastating it is now that he was murdered. He tells stories about him helping the starving and hungry people of Rome and how their unhappiness and sorrow reflected on him.He repeatedly stated that Brutus was an honorable man, but his actions were wrong and that Rome has lost an honourable and devoting leader. This, without a doubt, shows his amazing use of pathos throughout his speech. He makes the people of Rome trust what he saying by stating honourable facts about Caesar which shows the usage of both ethos and logos.

Antony uses the rhetorical device ethos to help him persuade the people of Rome to trust him. One way he uses …show more content…
Antony says, “Moreover, he has left you his walks, His private arbors and new planted orchards, On this side Tiber. He hath left them you And your heirs forever- common pleasures, To walk abroad and recreate yourselves. Here was a Caesar! When comes such another?” Caesar has just been killed and Antony is sharing his emotions of despair to the crowd. He says that there will never be another Caesar. He wants the crowd to feel terrible for calling him names and disrespecting him and what he stands for. Antony is using pathos to appeal to the crowd’s emotions. The world has lost a legend in his eyes and he wants the crowd to feel that as well. Caesar has given the city of Rome so much and now he is just gone. He wants the crowd to know how much of an impact Caesar had on Rome. Antony does not want him to be forgotten or for people to say harsh comments about