Read the excerpt from act 2, scene 1, of Julius Caesar
Which statement best explains Brutus's motivation in
this scene?
Albo
BRUTUS. Our course will seem too bloody, Caius
Cassius
To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,
Like wrath in death and envy afterwards-
For Antony is but a limb of Caesar,
Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius
We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar,
And in the spirit of men there is no blood
O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit,
And not dismember Caesar! But, alas,
Caesar must bleed for it. And, gentle friends,
Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully.
Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.
And let our hearts, as subtle masters do,
Stir in their servants to an act of rage
O Brutus wants to include Mark Antony the
conspiracy
O Brutus wants people to think that Mark Antony is
involved in the conspiracy
O Brutus wants people to think of the conspirators as
honorable, not evil.
O Brutus wants Caesar and Mark Antony to die at the
same time