Topic > Persuasion at its best - 520

“Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” is an example of persuasion that William Shakespeare has Brutus say in Julius Caesar (Shakespeare, 3.2.21-3.2. 22 ). Shakespeare uses a wide variety of persuasion in his play, including: ethical appeal, Greek logos, ethos, and pathos, as well as blank verse for high-class characters such as Brutus and Antony. The use of these persuasive techniques and the distinction of blank verse are best identified in the contrasting speeches of Brutus and Antony regarding Caesar's death; furthermore, Antony's speech disrupts Brutus's because Antony uses blank verse authority, as well as using logos, pathos, and ethos unlike Brutus' logos and ethos. Brutus's use of logos is different from Antony's because Antony actually persuades the conspirators to speak to him. the people and then uses Caesar's final will as rhetoric; . Initially, the conspirators were wary of giving Antonio the opportunity to speak to people, but Antonio tells the conspirators that he would only speak well of them. Similarly, Antonio's phrase “When the poor h...