He knew that since he is close friends with Dolly that he would listen to him. He knows Dolly would do just about anything he says. Ren does it because he knows it would be best for Dolly. He can become a better man. "Are you still going to kill him? " Ren asked. "Who?" "The men you were hired for." "What if I asked you not to kill him?" Dolly sighed. "I'll think about it." said Dolly (Tinti 192-193). As for Brutus, he persuaded Cassius not to kill Mark Anthony. Brutus thinks it will take away from their original plan and it would just be too bloody. Plus, it would make them look like killers so Brutus was trying to save their reputation. "Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius, Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius. And for Mark Anthony, think not of him, For he can do more than Caesar's arm when Caesar's head off Act II, scene i, line 169, line 173, line