AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 1
Revise: Act 3The double superlative, ‘most unkindest’, intensifies the cruelty of the betrayal. ‘Unkindest’ suggests both harshness and the breaking of a close bond. Antony presents Caesar as defeated by ingratitude, turning Brutus’s claim of patriotic sacrifice into a story of personal treachery.