read the passage. then answer the question that follows. brutus. o antony, beg not your death of us! though…

read the passage. then answer the question that follows. brutus. o antony, beg not your death of us! though now we must appear bloody and cruel, as by our hands and this our present act you see we do, yet see you but our hands, and this the bleeding business they have done. our hearts you see not; they are pitiful; and pity to the general wrong of rome— as fire drives out fire, so pity pity— hath done this deed on caesar. for your part, to you our swords have leaden points, mark antony. -the tragedy of julius caesar, william shakespeare what are the central ideas about the conspirators in this speech by brutus? check all that apply. they are sad about their bloody deed. they are joyful about their bloody deed. they threaten to harm antony. they had to kill caesar to save rome. antony does not understand the reasons for the assassination.
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Brutus says their hearts are pitiful, indicating sadness about the deed. He also claims they killed Caesar to save Rome. And he implies Antony doesn't understand the reasons. There's no indication of joy or threat to harm Antony.
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They are sad about their bloody deed. They had to kill Caesar to save Rome. Antony does not understand the reasons for the assassination.