Who addresses the conspiracy with 'Oh conspiracy, are you ashamed to show your face even at night, when evil things are most free?'

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

Answer: (A)

This line hinges on the use of apostrophe, addressing an abstract force as if it could listen and respond. Brutus speaks to the conspiracy as if it were a personified presence, and his question exposes a moral reproach: he treats the plot as something shameful, something that should not flaunt itself even in darkness when “evil things are most free.” That moment reveals Brutus’s inner conflict and his attempt to judge the plan by Rome’s welfare rather than by personal or political gain. He’s shown as a principled, conscientious character who wants what’s best for Rome, even if it means aligning with dangerous company.

The other figures aren’t fitting here. Caesar wouldn’t condemn the conspiracy while it’s forming, and Decius is the one who argues to entice Caesar to the Senate, not to rebuke the plan. Cassius is the conspirator who schemes and persuades; his voice would push the plot forward rather than morally critique it. So Brutus is the one who voices that uneasy, morally charged condemnation of the conspiracy.