Question
Read the excerpt. Then answer the question that follows.
O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,
Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft
Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
To towers and windows, yea, to chimney tops,
Your infants in your arms, and there have sat
The livelong day, with patient expectation,
To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome.
How do these lines by Marullus characterize the people of Rome?
Angry and disappointed
Kind and warm-hearted
Loyal and true
Unfaithful and indecisive
O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,
Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft
Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
To towers and windows, yea, to chimney tops,
Your infants in your arms, and there have sat
The livelong day, with patient expectation,
To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome.
How do these lines by Marullus characterize the people of Rome?
Angry and disappointed
Kind and warm-hearted
Loyal and true
Unfaithful and indecisive
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The lines by Marullus characterize the people of Rome as **angry and disappointed**. He is addressing them with a sense of reproach, expressing a strong disappointment in their treatment of Pompey, suggesting that they once showed great enthusiasm and loyalty by eagerly gathering to see him. The tone implies that they have turned against him, which indicates a sense of betrayal and dissatisfaction.