Question
Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
ANTONY. Villains, you did not so, when your vile daggers
Hacked one another in the sides of Caesar:
You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds,
And bowed like bondmen, kissing Caesar’s feet,
Whilst damnèd Casca, like a cur, behind,
Struck Caesar on the neck. O you flatterers!
Shakespeare uses the word vile rather than sharp or bloody to describe the assassins’ daggers. This helps the audience understand
A: the power of the use of flattery and kindness to confuse the play’s characters.
B: that Antony viewed the men who killed Caesar as vicious and despicable.
C: the frailty of Caesar before he was attacked.
D: the weakness of the weapons used to kill Caesar.
ANTONY. Villains, you did not so, when your vile daggers
Hacked one another in the sides of Caesar:
You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds,
And bowed like bondmen, kissing Caesar’s feet,
Whilst damnèd Casca, like a cur, behind,
Struck Caesar on the neck. O you flatterers!
Shakespeare uses the word vile rather than sharp or bloody to describe the assassins’ daggers. This helps the audience understand
A: the power of the use of flattery and kindness to confuse the play’s characters.
B: that Antony viewed the men who killed Caesar as vicious and despicable.
C: the frailty of Caesar before he was attacked.
D: the weakness of the weapons used to kill Caesar.
Answers
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The correct answer is:
B: that Antony viewed the men who killed Caesar as vicious and despicable.
By using the word "vile," Antony is expressing his contempt for the assassins and emphasizing their moral corruption in the act of betrayal, rather than focusing on the physical characteristics of their weapons.
B: that Antony viewed the men who killed Caesar as vicious and despicable.
By using the word "vile," Antony is expressing his contempt for the assassins and emphasizing their moral corruption in the act of betrayal, rather than focusing on the physical characteristics of their weapons.