Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
What are the central ideas of this soliloquy? Select three
options.
Antony wants Caesar to forgive him for being nice to his
conspirators
Antony is so upset about Caesar's death that he can
barely speak.
ANTONY. O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy-
Which like dumb mouths do ope their ruby lips
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue
Acurse shall light upon the limbs of men;
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy:
Blood and destruction shall be so in use,
And dreadful objects so familiar,
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quartered with the hands of war,
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds;
And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
Antony predicts that the land will be bloodied by men
fighting men.
Antony foresees mothers begging that their children be
slain to spare them.
Antony expects Caesar's ghost to seek retribution for the
wrongs done.
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