It has been said that fighting fire with fire only burns both sides. Human emotions have the force of fire; therefore, emotion can damage many souls if allowed to burn. At Caesar's funeral, Brutus is aware that the crowd is burning with passion and distrust and strategically chooses to combat their raging emotions with calming logic. This choice defines Brutus' speech. Although he had the disadvantage of being first and the crowd ultimately sided against him, Brutus' speech managed to outdo Antony's in the areas of ethos, parallelism/repetition and of the logos. From the beginning of his speech, Brutus makes it clear that he is trustworthy and should be listened to. "...believe me for my honor and respect my honor..." he pleads to a confused and angry crowd (3.2.15-16). He goes on to appeal to those who love Caesar, saying that he and Caesar were good friends. He uses his own reputation to strengthen the bond of trust between him and the public. Meanwhile, Antony only makes himself trustworthy by associating himself with Brutus and the conspirators. “Here with the permission of Brutus and the others…” he mentions at the opening of his speech, siphoning off the recently created trust between Brutus and the crowd (3.2.80). After this sentence, he simply continues to glorify his deceased friend, turning on himself the ethos created by Brutus and breaking the connection that the crowd had with the former. If the roles had been reversed and Antony had gone first, there would be no reason to trust Antony, making Brutus the undisputed best in the employment of ethos. Since Brutus bases his speech on logic and confidence, it would make sense that he would do better. work of parallelism and repetition, from the fact that this technique...... middle of paper ......t seems that it is nothing special. Brutus clearly beat Antony in the use of logos. Brutus has a clear and concise argument that describes the logical trend of his thinking. Antony's argument is the foil to Brutus's, stoking the anger of the crowd by constantly allowing his emotions to drive his speech. But just as fire can offer warmth during cold spells, it can also cause serious harm. Because of Antony's speech, an innocent poet was killed and Rome was almost destroyed. Brutus was able to take a group of passionate and outraged people and calm them down enough to understand the reasoning for Caesar's murder. He went to great lengths with the techniques of ethos, parallelism/repetition, and logos to help others envision a bright future without Caesar. And although the crowd chose differently, we can conclude from these aspects that Brutus had a superior speech..