Most Honorable Character In Julius Caesar

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The least honorable character in Julius Caesar is Cassius. Cassius was silver-tongued and manipulative. He would get people to do anything he wanted, and he was extremely jealous of Caesar. Cassius acted out of such jealousy for Caesar throughout the story. Cassius lies to a large group of people, conspires against the government, and slays his longtime acquaintance, Caesar. Cassius takes Caesar’s best friend Brutus and convinces him to harm Caesar.
Cassius is the least honorable character in Julius Caesar because of multiple reasons, one being he was so jealous of Caesar that he persuaded a large group of people, including Caesar’s best friend, Brutus, to slay Caesar. Cassius is jealous of Caesar’s power and the fact that he sees himself

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