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Brutus’ Funeral Oration. Study Questions Please write the answer to each question in a complete sentence. (You do not need to write the question.). Who is Brutus speaking to? What must he convince them of?
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Brutus’ Funeral Oration Study Questions Please write the answer to each question in a complete sentence. (You do not need to write the question.)
Who is Brutus speaking to? What must he convince them of? • “If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar’s, to him I say, that Brutus’ love to Caesar was no less than his.” What is Brutus stating? • What is Brutus’ answer to friends of Caesar’s who ask why he rose up against Caesar? • “Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?” What question is Brutus asking? • What are Caesar’s good qualities that Brutus lists? (Hint: there are three…) • What is the one negative quality that outweighed the positive ones? What did Brutus say he did because of this one negative thing?