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Mark Antony Essay The speech Mark Antony gave at the funeral of Julius Caesar in the play by William Shakespeare has all three essay writing styles; Pathos, Logos, and Ethos. The best part about his speech is that he not only use’s all three of the essay styles but he uses them wisely and most effectively to turn the people in the mob against Brutus and his fellow conspirators’. He used Logos or the logical way to turn Brutus’s argument against him. “ As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.” – Brutus. Mark Antony than tells the people about all the things Caesar had done for Rome. All the treasures and land he had conquered for them. He finished off with Caesar’s will that gave the people of Rome some private property. Mark Antony made Caesar look like a saint with little ambition. From Logos he went into Ethos but in a very subtle way. He used the credibility that Brutus had made for himself during his own speech against him by saying throughout his own speech, “ For Brutus is an honourable man” – Mark Antony. This was a very clever move and while normally one would use Ethos to make a person sound really good, Mark Antony used it to make Brutus sound really bad. He chose his words very careful and they ended up being very effective. Therefore we can conclude that Mark Antony had great word choice in his speech. Through the combination of the last two writhing styles Mark Antony also created the writing style Pathos or the emotional style. The people in the mob began to feel sad about the death of Caesar, and mad at the traitors that murdered him. “ Revenge! About! Seek! Burn! Fire! Kill! Slay! Let not a traitor live!” – All People in the Mob. The emotion that begins to burn in them cause’s them to later run Brutus out of town. The tone and word choice Mark Antony use’s to flair up the hearts of the people is truly inspiring. Mark Antony also use’s some reputation with his word choice. Such as when he keeps saying that Brutus is an honorable man. He keeps saying it and every time he does so it losses’ some of its value until it becomes an insult instead of a complement. Another thing that has a great impact is the fact that Mark Antony turns the hearts and minds of the people right after Brutus had done the very same thing. From all that is said from above we can clearly see that Mark Antony used all three writing style’s in his funeral speech, and he also used them wisely and effectively. I believe this to be the best speech in the play and am inspired by what it did, not only against Brutus and the traitors but also for Mark Antony. It has become clear to me how powerful words can be and when used in the right manner, how it can change our world, or at least our understanding of it.