Topic > Julius Caesar Persuasive Paper - 561

The book Julius Caesar is full of happiness, conspiracy, power and betrayal. The people of Rome deeply loved Julius Caesar and desired to make him their king. A group of senators, however, were not very enthusiastic about the idea and ordered a plot. The leader of this group was a man named Cassius. To make sure his plan to kill Caesar worked and seemed honorable, he had to convince a senator named Brutus to help him. After being convinced that they had to kill Caesar to protect Rome from a tyrant, Brutus joined the conspiracy and soon became the main conspirator. On the day Caesar was to be crowned king, he was on his way to the Senate when he was stabbed by All the conspirators panicked and to convince Rome of their honorable intentions Brutus gave a funeral speech. Mark Antony, a close friend of Caesar, gave his speech after that of Brutus. Mark Antony's speech is more persuasive to the Roman people because of his exceptional use of pathos, sarcasm, and logos. During Mark Antony's speech to the Roman people he uses Pathos...