Question

Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,
To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,
Like wrath in death and envy afterwards,
For Antony is but a limb of Caesar.
Let us be sacrificers but not butchers, Caius.
We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar,
And in the spirit of men there is no blood.
Oh, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit
And not dismember Caesar! But, alas,
Caesar must bleed for it. And, gentle friends,
Let's kill him boldly but not wrathfully.
Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.

Answer 1

Which offers the best summary of the central idea of this speech?
The government is like a human body that must be dismembered.
Although it will be bloody, everyone who supports Caesar must die.
Only Caesar needs to die; otherwise the conspirators will appear envious.
Caesar needs to be assassinated violently to send a message to the people