Assessment Betrayal Lesson Five Betrayal and Persuasion

Anthony’s speech was more persuasive than Brutus’ speech. Anthony tried a lot harder to persuade the crowd to see it from his point of view. He used ethics in his speech, constantly saying that Brutus is an honorable man to the point where the crowd begins to question whether or not Brutus really is honorable. He later turned that ethical appeal into sarcasm to condemn Brutus. Anthony used a really strong form of emotion at the end, saying that “his heart is in the coffin with Caesar.” And that made the crowd think. Anthony handled the appeals to reasoning better than Brutus did. He repeatedly stated that Brutus is an honorable man. By doing that, with sarcasm, he used ethics to convince the crowd that Brutus was not an honorable man. He used reasoning to point out how Brutus said that Caesar was ambitious, when he denied the crown to be king, an act that was truly not ambitious.

Brutus’ speech handled emotional and ethics appeal better. He said throughout his speech how he weeps for Caesar and how he honored him. He uses ethics to try to persuade the crowd that he loved Rome more than he loved Caesar. Brutus also uses reasoning to let the crowd know that Caesar was valiant, fortunate, and that he killed him. Brutus’ uses of ethical appeals in his speech were strong. He used the word honor several times in his speech to try to get the crowd to think that is the most important quality in a person. He also uses ethics to say how anyone who disagrees with Caesar’s death hates Rome as well.

Anthony won over the crowd by using reasoning to give facts that Caesar wasn’t ambitious, and by using ethics to convince the crowd that Brutus wasn’t honorable. He also used emotion, getting the crowd to believe that he was close to Caesar. Brutus could’ve used more reasoning to give more facts in his speech to persuade the