Marc Antony persuades the people of Rome to follow him and Caesar instead of Brutus by saying that while Brutus claims Caesar was ambitious, if so it was a fault that Caesar grievously answered, and that the evil men do lives on after death while the good is often buried with their bones, so it should be with Caesar.
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2. Passage #1
This passage is taken from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. In this play, Brutus
and other men conspire to murder Caesar, the ruler of Rome. The
following passage occurs when Marc Antony, a friend of Caesar,
persuades the people of Rome to follow him and Caesar instead of Brutus.
3. Passage #1
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 answer'd it.
5. Passage #2
This passage is taken from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In this play, Claudius
murders his brother, the king, and attempts to murder the king’s son,
Hamlet. The following passage occurs when Hamlet has discovered his
uncle’s treachery and is wondering what to do next.
8. Passage #3
This passage is taken from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. In this play, Macbeth
murders the king with the help of his wife, Lady Macbeth. The following
passage occurs when Macbeth is grieving his wife‘s death.
9. Passage #3
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more.
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