Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare includes and wide variety of characters and the ways they are portrayed through out the book. With all these different types of characters none are more intriguing then that of Marcus Brutus and Marcus Antonious (AKA Marc Antony). Both appeared to be loyal to Julius Caesar and Caesar befriends each of them. The only noble Caesar does not trust and worries about is Cassius. Brutus and Antony cause both the uprising and destruction of Julius Caesar and fight for what they believe is just.
             Marc Antony is known for being a very noble man and for this Caesar insures complete trust in him. Antony is a strong- willed leader who only believes in what is right, not what is popular. Antony loves Caesar and will do anything at all for him. Antony even deceives Brutus into believing he agrees with him. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, I come to bury Caesar not to praise him." But like Antony, Brutus is a strong leader though with a lowered conscience and a definent greed for power. In the beginning Brutus is a loyal follower of Caesar but then is told by Cassius that Caesar is using his power for impure reasons Brutus turns against Caesar. Antony and Brutus both support what they believe in but Brutus is swayed in other directions quite easily.
             Once Caesar is dead the fate of Rome is up in the air. Noble Antony wants a republic that is run by the people without one supreme leader. While Brutus urns for him and his senators to have supreme power over the land. Caesar's will states what he wants for Rome and Antony strives to complete his desired wishes. This includes Caesar's adopted son, Octavius, running the city with Antony. Brutus's plans on the other hand included having absolute power with him and the senators controlling the city instead of running it. Brutus tries to obtain the same status that Caesar had and have the people of Rome believe that Caesar was an ...