According to Casca, who could do something bad and look virtuous?

• A. Casca
• B. Caesar
• C. Cassius
• D. Brutus

Answer: (D)

Casca is drawing attention to a tension between appearance and reality. He suggests that Brutus, renowned for his virtue and honorable reputation, could commit a wrongful act and still seem virtuous because people would want to believe in Brutus’s upstanding character. The idea is that a noble-seeming person’s actions might be interpreted as justified or morally clean, even if they’re actually bad. This theme—that outward virtue can mask real intent—helps explain why Brutus is a pivotal figure in the conspiracy: his sterling reputation makes their plan appear honorable to many, even as it aims to do harm. The other figures aren’t described by Casca in this way, so Brutus is the one who fits this notion of doing something bad while looking virtuous.