Read the excerpt below from act 5.1 of the tragedy of julius caesar and answer the question that follows. cassius: antony, the posture of your blows is yet unknown; but for your words, they rob the hybla bees and leave them honeyless. antony: not stingless too. brutus: ah, yes, and soundless too, for you have stolen their buzzing, antony, and very wisely threat before you sting . . octavius: come, come, the cause. . i draw my sword against conspirators. what identifies and explains the tone of this excerpt best? sincere: shakespeare has the men exchange heartfelt explanations of why the war at philippi is necessary. lighthearted: shakespeare uses this exchange to show the fun friendships between the characters. mocking: shakespeare exchanges the rhetoric of powerful men for insults to show the demise of the republic. grieving: shakespeare uses this exchange to show the characters’ deep sadness over caesar’s death.