Julius Cesar by William Shakespeare is a very well-known piece of literature that is used worldwide. Two characters speak about Cesar's death in the throughout the reading, and they are often compared due to their different approaches. In Julius Cesar, Mark Antony's funeral speech is written better than Brutus' because he employs pathos, repetition, and ethos to go against Brutus' claims without directly attacking him.

Mark Antony uses pathos effectively by giving an image that a reader can almost see. This occurs in the second paragraph when Antony says in Act III Scene I, "Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept." Antony is saying in this quote that Cesar sympathized with the poor. This quote appealed to the emotions of the Roman people by allowing them to know that this act of Cesar was not ambitious. This was definitely effective because the citizens of a town are always ready to side with the poor, as was Cesar. Antony uses a second form of Pathos towards the end of his speech in line 59-60 when he presents Cesar's will to the people and it reads, "And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds. And dip their …show more content…
The device is used in Act III Scene II , in the first sentence of the second paragraph when Antony says, "He was my friend, faithful and just to me." This is an example of Ethos because it helps characterize Antony and Cesar both. This quote shows Mark Antony as a good and supportive friend to Cesar. This same quote also shows Cesar as a faithful person despite the claims Brutus makes. Mark Antony uses ethos a second time in his very last paragraph when he says, "You know how Cesar loved you." This is ethos because because it appeals to Cesar's character and gives Cesar a loving trait. Mark Antony effectively uses ethos within the speech to show the people of Rome that Cesar was not the terrible leader Brutus claimed he