Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar. How does Brutus's reason for giving his monologue
compare to Antony's reason for giving his?
BRUTUS. Be patient till the last.
Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my
cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me
for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that
you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and
awake your senses, that you may the better judge.
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. If then that friend demand
why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my
not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved
Rome more.
O Both Brutus and Antony explain that they are there to
discuss why Caesar's death is the best thing for all of
Rome.
O Brutus explains that he wants to talk about the
consipirators' faults, while Antony says that he wants
to talk about Caesar's faults.
O Both Brutus and Antony say that they feel compelled
to speak about Caesar because they both loved him
dearly and regret that he is dead.
O Brutus announces that he wants to explain that he
killed Caesar because he loved Rome, while Antony
says that he has come to bury Caesar.
ANTONY. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me
your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.