read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 3, scene 2. antony. friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your ears…

read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 3, scene 2. antony. friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. i come to bury caesar, not to praise him. the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. so let it be with caesar. the noble brutus hath told you caesar was ambitious. if it were so, it was a grievous fault, and grievously hath caesar answered it. here, under leave of brutus and the rest— for brutus is an honourable man, so are they all, all honourable men— come i to speak in caesars funeral. he was my friend, faithful and just to me. but brutus says he was ambitious, and brutus is an honourable man. which conclusion does this excerpt best support? antony agrees with brutus that caesar was too persistent. antony wants to make the people angry by defending caesar. antony believes that brutus and the others are as virtuous as caesar. antony wishes that caesar would have been more determined.

read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 3, scene 2. antony. friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. i come to bury caesar, not to praise him. the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. so let it be with caesar. the noble brutus hath told you caesar was ambitious. if it were so, it was a grievous fault, and grievously hath caesar answered it. here, under leave of brutus and the rest— for brutus is an honourable man, so are they all, all honourable men— come i to speak in caesars funeral. he was my friend, faithful and just to me. but brutus says he was ambitious, and brutus is an honourable man. which conclusion does this excerpt best support? antony agrees with brutus that caesar was too persistent. antony wants to make the people angry by defending caesar. antony believes that brutus and the others are as virtuous as caesar. antony wishes that caesar would have been more determined.

Answer

Brief Explanations:

Antony starts by seemingly agreeing with Brutus about Caesar's ambition but uses irony. His true - intention is to turn the people against Brutus and the conspirators by defending Caesar, which will make the people angry. He doesn't actually think Brutus and the others are honorable or that Caesar was too ambitious.

Answer:

Antony wants to make the people angry by defending Caesar.