Question

Why does Antony begin his speech with the words "friends, Romans, countrymen"?

To suggest that he and his listeners all share commonalities

To clarify the intended audience for his words

To remind listeners that Brutus was not a Roman

To accurately cite the sources of his claims throughout the speech

Answer 1

Marc Antony's Speech
from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar


1.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
2.I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
3.The evil that men do lives after them;
4.The good is oft interred with their bones;
5.So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
6.Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
7.If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
8.And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
9.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
10.For Brutus is an honourable man;
11.So are they all, all honourable men—
12.Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
13.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
14.But Brutus says he was ambitious;
15.And Brutus is an honourable man.
16.He hath brought many captives home to Rome
17.Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
18.Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
19.When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
20.Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
21.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
22.And Brutus is an honourable man.
23.You all did see that on the Lupercal
24.I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
25.Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
26.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
27.And, sure, he is an honourable man.
28.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
29.But here I am to speak what I do know.
30.You all did love him once, not without cause:
31.What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
32.O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
33.And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
34.My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
35.And I must pause till it come back to me.

Answer 2

I think it's either A or B

Answer 3

@jigglypuff314
@jabez177
@uri

Answer 4

@Mehek14
@sleepyjess
@KendrickLamar2014
@ILovePuppiesLol

Answer 5

@Qwertty123
@AloneS
@just_one_last_goodbye

Answer 6

A and B are wrong.

Answer 7

So what would you say the answer is? Because I thought it was A :/

Answer 8

D maybe? Because I doubt it is C

Answer 9

Yes, D is correct.

Answer 10

Oh, ok. Thanks :)
Can you help me with one more question?

Answer 11

Your welcome, yea I can help with one more.

Answer 12

Ok, so it is based on this same passage. The question is:
What is the meaning of the word sterner in line 20 of this speech?

Angrier

Easier

Gloomier

Sturdier

Answer 13

I think it's A or D, but I'm not sure

Answer 14

D is the best meaning for the word sterner in the speech.

Answer 15

Ok, so you think it's D?

Answer 16

Yes, D is the correct answer

Answer 17

That's what I originally put, so thank you :)

Answer 18

Your welcome

Answer 19

I might have more questions, so can I tag you later? @KendrickLamar2014

Answer 20

I just became your fan btw :) thanks for all the help, I appreciate it

Answer 21

Of course you can. Thank your for that :)

Answer 22

What is the best summary of the events described in the speech's first two sentences?

A massive battle was fought on the site of the speech, and many thousands of soldiers died.

Many years ago people came together to form a nation, and now a war takes place there.

The founders of the nation could not agree on how to best organize it, so war began.

The speaker and listeners have decided to gather on this site to honor the memory of others.

Answer 23

The Gettysburg Address

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

Answer 24

@KendrickLamar2014

Answer 25

I think it might be B, but I'm not 100% sure

Answer 26

And also based on that same passage "the Gettysburg address"
What is the best summary of the speech's last sentence?

The founders of the nation established a government that was based on equality.

The government of the nation will surely fall unless the next battle in the war is won.

The revolution in the country has the noble goal of installing a new and fairer government.

The people must not give up; they must win the war for those who have died for the cause.

Answer 27

@whatisacaptcha can you help me with that last question? Because @KendrickLamar2014 is currently not on here

Answer 28

@ShadowLegendX
@SamsungFanBoy
@CandyCove

Answer 29

@AloneS
I just need help with the last question, the other have been answered

Answer 30

Nevermind I got it, it's D

Answer 31

Sorry, I had to go to work. Im glad you got the answer.

Answer 32

It's ok, thanks anyways :) @KendrickLamar2014

Answer 33

Your welcome