Secondly Brutus. W e know that Brutus and Caesars were great friends but he joined the conspirators and helped murder Caesar “seeing Brutus about to strike also” that wouldn’t be considered noble, but he did kill Caesar because he wanted the best for Rome and crowning Caesar king is not what the public wanted so it wasn’t best for Rome and doing what is best for your country is very noble. Brutus though did eventually lose the final battle at the end so he wasn’t a good fighter like Caesar was so he wasn’t noble in that way.
Cassius not only killed Caesar for the good of Rome but also persuaded Caesars friend Brutus to help with the killing so he was being noble to his country because the people of Rome didn’t want a king and doing what was best for your country is noble. But like Brutus, Cassius lost the final battle “Guide thou sword. [Pindarus thrusts him through]” losing battles in Roman times shows that you weren’t a good fighter which was not noble although they did kill themselves in a noble way, they ran onto a sword that was held by somebody so it was an assisted suicide which was the noble to way to kill yourself..
Next Mark Anthony. Mark Anthony offered Caesar the crown “Mark Anthony offer him a crown” if Caesar had taken the crown who knows if that would have been good for Rome so that maybe wasn’t so noble. Mark Anthony was noble however in winning the final battle to avenge Caesars death. “Caesar thou art revenged”. He was the only one that was noble to Caesar however because he didn’t conspire against him and in his speech at Caesar’s funeral he turned the public in Caesar’s favour and against the conspirators so he was noble in that way.
Casca, Trebonius, Decius, Cinna and Metellus all murdered Caesar for there country. “Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers” this quote shows they were murdering Caesar for there gods and not just because they wanted power over Rome.
Treachery and deceit in the play are shown in many different ways but especially in speeches and the difference between Brutus’ and Mark Anthony’s speeches. In Brutus’ speech Brutus is trying to persuade the audience to believe him that he murdered Caesar for Rome and not for just his own power “I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more” wear as Mark Anthony was winning the publics support showing them the stabs in Caesar’s clothes and telling them that Brutus betrayed Caesar “well-beloved Brutus stabbed”. He was turning the public against Brutus and the other conspirators. Mark Anthony’s speech persuaded the public better because he used lots of rhetorical questions and said things in groups of three whereas Brutus’ speech contained none of these things.
I personally think that Cassius was the noblest Roman because he lost the battle he killed Caesar and also he persuaded Brutus to kill Caesar because he wanted the best for Rome which I think is very noble.
