Question

What does the image of "And groaning underneath this age’s yoke” suggest about the meaning of the passage? (A yoke is a wooden harness, or collar, put around the neck of a horse or oxen that is pulling a plough.)

Brutus has been unnecessarily choking himself.
It is cruel to restrain people as if they were animals.
Brutus has been praising the people of Rome.
People are suffering under the current leadership.

Answer 1

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2.

CASSIUS. 'Tis just;
And it is very much lamented, Brutus,60
That you have no such mirrors as will turn
Your hidden worthiness into your eye,
That you might see your shadow. I have heard
Where many of the best respect in Rome—
Except immortal Caesar—speaking of Brutus,65
And groaning underneath this age’s yoke,
Have wished that noble Brutus had his eyes.

Answer 2

b

Answer 3

wht u think

Answer 4

Well when they say "And groaning underneath this age’s yoke" and showing that yoke means a collar of such I think it'd be a metaphor referring to something being restrained against something so either B or D.

Answer 5

b

Answer 6

am i right

Answer 7

I think so but I'm trying to find proof on why it's not D.

Answer 8

oh ok

Answer 9

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I think so but I'm trying to find proof on why it's not D.
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That's odd because I do believe the right choice is D. Based off the excerpt.

Answer 10

@justus Well that'd make sense because it is talking about Caesar afterwards.

Answer 11

thx guys

Answer 12

Yep!