Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of julius caesar. [antony.] for brutus is an honourable man, so are they all, all honourable men— come i to speak in caesar’s funeral. he was my friend, faithful and just to me. but brutus says he was ambitious, and brutus is an honourable man. he hath brought many captives home to rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. did this in caesar seem ambitious? when that the poor have cried, caesar hath wept. ambition should be made of sterner stuff. yet brutus says he was ambitious, and brutus is an honourable man. you all did see that on the lupercal i thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. was this ambition? yet brutus says he was ambitious, and sure he is an honourable man. how is the word honourable used in the context of antony’s speech? it is used as a public expression of praise toward brutus. it is used as a negative and ironic word to describe brutus. it loses its power because of antony’s repeated use of it. it is used with ambitious to change the connotation of ambitious.

Ineed .. read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. eye contact, also referred to as gaze, is how—and how much—we look at peoplewith whom we are communicating. eye contact has several purposes incommunication.its presence shows that we are paying attention. in addition, how we look at a person reveals a range of emotions such as affection, anger, or fear. moreover, intensity of eye contact may also be used to show dominance. for instance, we talk of someone “staring another person down.” finally, through ou reye contact we can check the effect of our communication. by maintaining our eye contact, we can tell when or whether people are paying attention to us, when people are involved in what we are saying, and what their feelings are about what we are saying. 1. eye contact can be a clue to what we feel and what our listeners feel. 2. our eyes are more important than our ears in effective communication. 3. eye contact can never reveal how much power one person has overanother. 4. sometimes a parent can control children just