It has been said that fighting fire with fire leaves both sides burned. Human emotions have the strength of fire; as a result, emotions can harm many souls if left 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 reassuring logic. This choice defines Brutus' speech. Even though he had the disadvantage of going first and the crowd ultimately turned against him, Brutus' speech managed to surpass Antony's in the areas of Ethos, Parallelism/repetition, and logos. From the beginning of his speech, Brutus makes it clear that he is trustworthy and worth listening to. “…believe me for my honor, and have respect for my honor…” he implores before a confused and angry crowd (3.2.15-16). He goes on to make appeals to those who love Caesar, saying that he and Caesar were good friends. He uses his reputation to strengthen the bond of trust between him and the public. Meanwhile, Antony makes himself trustworthy only by associating himself with Brutus and the conspirators. “Here by leave of Brutus and the rest…” he mentions at the opening of his speech, taking away from the newly created trust between Brutus and the crowd (3.2.80). After that line, he simply continues to glorify his dead friend, turning the ethic Brutus created upon himself and severing the connection the crowd had with the former. If the roles were reversed and Antony went first, one would find no reason to trust Antony, making Brutus the undisputed best at employing ethics. Since Brutus bases his speech on logic and trust, it would make sense that he would do a better job of parallelism and repetition, since this technique... middle of the paper... appears to be nothing special. Brutus clearly got the better of Antony in his use of logos. Brutus has a clear and concise argument that describes the logical trend of his thinking. Antony's argument serves as a counterpoint to Brutus', as he ignites the anger of the crowd by constantly letting his emotions drive his speech forward. But just as fire can provide warmth during cold weather, it can also cause serious damage. Because of Antony's speech an innocent poet was killed and Rome was almost destroyed. Brutus managed to take a group of passionate and indignant people and calm them down enough to see the reasoning in Caesar's murder. He went to great lengths with the techniques of ethos, parallelism/repetition, and logos to help others look forward to a promising future without Caesar. And although the crowd chose differently, from these aspects it can be concluded that Brutus had a superior speech.