Question

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar.

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 interrèd 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.

What are the central ideas of this excerpt? Select two options.

Antony wants everyone to know that he wanted Caesar dead.
Antony does not believe that Casar deserves a funeral but unwillingly agreed to speak to please the conspirators.
The mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, but their good deads more often die with them.
If Caesar was power-hungry, it was a serious flaw, and he paid seriously for it.
Antony believes the conspirators should be rewarded with riches for their sacrifice and willingness to kill the ambitious Caesar.

Answer 1

Answer: C, D

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, but their good deads more often die with them.

If Caesar was power-hungry, it was a serious flaw, and he paid seriously for it.

Step-by-step explanation:

Antony who was unhappy at the death of Ceasar and who swore to avenge his death, in the speech above, remarked that the accusations made by Brutus and others against Caesar did not take into account his good deeds while alive. Thus, he implied that people tend to forget the good deeds of others when they die but only recall their bad deeds. He also showed through this statement that if the accusations about Caesar being ambitious were actually true, he paid dearly for it given the way he died.