Rhetorical strategies are perhaps one of the oldest corrective rules introduced onto the human race. Rhetoric is the study of impressive writing or speaking as a means of communication or persuasion. In William Shakespeare's very famous play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar", Marcus Brutus and Mark Antony give a speech at the funeral of Julius Caesar. Both speakers introduce themselves to the crowd in their own unique way using three different rhetorical strategies; logos, ethos and pathos, thus arousing very distinct emotions and reactions in the Roman crowd. Antoine's speech proved to be the most effective. He was able to turn the easily swayed mob against the "honorable" conspirators, and he was able to portray Caesar as an unambitious, caring, and truly honorable Roman man. In order to achieve all of his goals, Antoine used a strong rhetorical combination of pathos, logos and ethos in his speech. The rhetorical strategy Antony adopted to change the emotions of the crowd through persuasive argument was pathos. Pathos is a strategy that uses emotional appeal to the audience to persuade them to agree with the speaker. Antony uses a variety of devices like imagery, repetition, and a number of rhetorical questions to express his emotions to the plebeians. Antony refers to the Romans as "friends, Romans, countrymen", and he tells them that he "comes to bury Caesar, not to praise him" (3.2.80-84) while introducing himself to the crowd. At this point, Brutus was an “honorable” man to them. Antoine makes sure that he doesn't let his emotions take over and destroy his true intentions. He addresses the plebeians as "Friends" in an attempt to persuade them to believe that they are. if... middle of paper ...... all the treasures acquired in war for himself, he would never have rejected the crown offered to him three times. Antoine's use of ethos proved to be an effective strategy. The speech of Mark Antony. is truly one of the most passionate and moving speeches of all time. It is astonishing to see how Antoine was able to take control of each of his words and the tone he spoke, to further persuade the crowd to side with him. keeping his true intentions unrevealed. By the end of his remarkably moving speech, Antoine had achieved all his goals. He turned the crowd against Brutus and the conspirators, and he managed to convince the crowd that Caesar was not the ambitious one but rather that it was Brutus who fulfilled this role. Pathos, logos, and ethos were effective and powerful rhetorical devices that Antony used to convey his wants and needs to his listeners in order to avenge Caesar..