Mark Antony in Julius Caesar is very persuasive. Mark Antony successfully
sways the crowd during his funeral oration for Caesar. He turns the crowd of mourners
into a rioting mob using a long, but highly convincing speech to persuade the people of
Rome. Mark Antony uses Pathos, Logos, and Ethos a lot in this speech to help him turn
the crowd and make people see what he sees.
One of the techniques Mark Antony uses is Ethos. Ethos is the power of
persuasion to get people's trust. Mark does this certain technique a lot during his speech.
When Mark Antony reveals his speech a big sign of Ethos is when he says “Friends,
Romans, Countryman, lend me your ears” (III 2.82).” I speak not to disprove what Brutus
spoke but here I am to speak what I do know.” (III 2.99-110) This shows that Mark is
trying to get inside people's hearts and all-in-all to get their trust so they can see what he
sees. Another technique Mark Antony uses during his speech is Logos, or the power of
fact.
Logos is used when you have facts to address that will help you persuade in your
speech because of given facts. A strong sense of Logos is when Mark says “To every
Roman citizen he gives, to every several man, seventy-five drachmas.” This shows that
Mark Antony was giving them facts about Caesar and trying to make them feel sorrow
about his death. The last and final technique Mark Antony uses is Pathos. Pathos is the
power of persuasion that appeals to the people's emotions. Antony uses this in the speech
to make people feel sorry about Caesars death and to get them angry. When Antony says
“Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up to such a sudden flood of mutiny.”
Antony says that to get inside the Romans head and make them to actually cause a flood
of mutiny and rage.
Mark Antony uses a lot of techniques in his speech but all-in-all what he is trying
to do is get inside the Romans minds and persuade them to follow his actions and kill
Brutus. Even though Antony says that he is not trying to do that; he is.
