Antony's funeral speech had an immense impact on the minds and opinions of the plebeians in the crowd. Antony knew the power and influence certain diction, language and details could have on an audience. Antony manages to sway the crowd without speaking ill of the conspirators and breaking his agreement with Brutus with examples of ethos, pathos and logos. By neglecting to share a few select facts, carefully choosing his words and a wittily using language to persuade, Antony is able to completely manipulate the minds of an entire crowd and cause a mass riot which leads to a bloody civil war.
             Antony's choice of details is a huge contributing factor to the successful manipulation of the crowd. He appeals to the audience with logos when he mentions many of Caesar's non-ambitious actions, such as "when that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept" (1:19) and Antony's presenting "him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse" (1:24-25), which directly contradict with the words Brutus spoke only moments beforehand. Antony's detail choice could also be considered as appealing to the audience through ethos when he talks about how Caesar was his "friend, faithful and just to him" (1:13), leading us to believe that Antony knew Caesar very well and can accurately speak on his behalf. Antony also uses pathos in his details to persuade and manipulate the audience when he talks of how Brutus "was Caesar's angel" (3:13) and "how dearly Caesar loved him!" (3:14). Though Antony did not directly say anything bad about the conspirators, this influences the plebeians to feel sympathetic towards Caesar and possibly somewhat, if not completely, resentful towards Brutus and his accomplices.
             Anthony begins using persuasive diction in his speech with his very first word, "friends" (1:1) which implies a feeling of wholesomeness and togetherness. This first word allows Antony to appeal to his crowd through ethos by making the plebeians feel as though th...