Ethos Pathos Logos In Julius Caesar
In Act 3 Scene of Juilius Caesar . Brutus and some of his conspirators have killed Caesar and now Brutus explain why he did this to the people of Rome . Brutus use ethos, pathos, logos to defend himself .
In Paragraph 1 Brutus uses the three appeals ethos, pathos, logos to make an argument about what made him kill, why it was a logical idea and what gave him the power to kill Caesar and that why everyone should believe him.Brutus used the appeal of ethos when he say’s "believe me for my honor, have respect for mine honor” which is his way of saying trust me because I am an honorable man. You wouldn’t think an honorable man would lie to you. Brutus used the appeal of pathos when he appeared to the emotions of the crowd by saying “ Why Brutus rose against Caesar , this is my answer - Not that I loved Caesar less , but that I loved Rome more “ “ I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need …show more content…
Using ethos is an advantage because we trust someone that is friends with another person to be a good judge of their friend's character.Using logos is easy because everything makes sense and it’s factual so it’s easy for everyone to understand why something is a correct reason for doing an action.I think the disadvantages of using pathos is that sometimes you shouldn’t use your emotions to reason. Using ethos is a disadvantage because there will always be somebody more credible or someone that more authority than you, some people don’t respect authority. Using logos is a disadvantage because sometimes logic will be too cold and a difficult way of persuading a person you need to tap into the human emotional side to them not the logical cerebral side of
In Paragraph 1 Brutus uses the three appeals ethos, pathos, logos to make an argument about what made him kill, why it was a logical idea and what gave him the power to kill Caesar and that why everyone should believe him.Brutus used the appeal of ethos when he say’s "believe me for my honor, have respect for mine honor” which is his way of saying trust me because I am an honorable man. You wouldn’t think an honorable man would lie to you. Brutus used the appeal of pathos when he appeared to the emotions of the crowd by saying “ Why Brutus rose against Caesar , this is my answer - Not that I loved Caesar less , but that I loved Rome more “ “ I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need …show more content…
Using ethos is an advantage because we trust someone that is friends with another person to be a good judge of their friend's character.Using logos is easy because everything makes sense and it’s factual so it’s easy for everyone to understand why something is a correct reason for doing an action.I think the disadvantages of using pathos is that sometimes you shouldn’t use your emotions to reason. Using ethos is a disadvantage because there will always be somebody more credible or someone that more authority than you, some people don’t respect authority. Using logos is a disadvantage because sometimes logic will be too cold and a difficult way of persuading a person you need to tap into the human emotional side to them not the logical cerebral side of