Rhetorical strategies are perhaps one of the oldest corrective rules introduced on mankind. 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 Julius Caesar's funeral. Both speakers present themselves to the audience in their own unique way using three different rhetorical strategies; logos, ethos and pathos, thus arousing very distinct emotions and reactions in the Roman public. Antonio's speech proved to be the most effective. He managed to turn the easily influenced crowd against the "honorable" conspirators, and was able to portray Caesar as an unambitious, thoughtful, and truly honorable Roman man. To achieve all of his goals, Antony used a strong combination of pathos, logos, and rhetorical 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 convince them to agree with the speaker. Antony uses a variety of devices such as imagery, repetition, and a series of rhetorical questions to express his emotions to the plebs. Antony refers to the Romans as "friends, Romans, fellow countrymen," and tells them that he "came to bury Caesar, not to praise him" (3.2.80-84) as he introduces himself to the crowd. at that point, Brutus was an "honorable" man to them. Antonio makes sure not to allow his emotions to take over and destroy his true intentions. He addresses the plebeians as "Friends" with the aim of convincing them to believe they were...half of the card...all the treasures acquired in war for himself. He would never refuse the crown that had been offered to him three times. Antony's use of ethics proved to be an effective strategy.Mark Antony's speech is truly one of the most passionate and moving speeches of all time. It's amazing how Antonio managed to capture every single word he said and the tone in which it was delivered, to further convince the crowd to side with him. keeping his true intentions unrevealed By the end of his extraordinarily emotional speech, Antonio has achieved all of his goals. He turned the crowd against Brutus and the conspirators, and managed to convince the crowd that Caesar was not the ambitious one but that Brutus filled this role instead. Pathos, logos, and ethos were effective and powerful rhetorical tools that Antony used to convey his desires and needs to his listeners to avenge Caesar.