What are the central ideas of this excerpt? Select two options.
Antony wants everyone's attention because he has
very important things to say about Caesar.
Antony only wants to bury Caesar; he is not there to
tell everyone how great Caesar was.
The mistakes men make are remembered after their
deaths, but their merits die with them.
If Caesar was power hungry, it was a serious flaw, and
he paid seriously for it.
Brutus says that Caesar was motivated by power, and
Antony agrees with this assessment.

As per the excerpt given about Julius Caesar of the At 3 and scene 2. He speaks to all his friends and all the general masses.

That he has come to kill Caesar and not to praise him.  

Hence the options C and D are correct.

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Antony only wants to bury Caesar; he is not there to tell everyone how great Caesar was.

The mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, but their merits die with them.

Explanation:

The central idea of a text is the most important point the author is making. There can be multiple central ideas in a single text.

The two central ideas in the given excerpt are the Antony only wants to bury Caesar, and that the mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, while their merits die with them.

One of the correct options must contain information about Caesar's funeral, as that's the reason for Antony's speech. He explicitly tells us that he isn't there to tell everyone how great Caesar was. He only wants to bury him. He conveys a message that the mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, but their merits die with them. He connects this with Caesar and Brutus' words that Caesar was simply motivated by power. This fact overshadows every good deed Caesar had done.

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