Q. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful
And pity to the general wrong of Rome -
As fire drives out fire, so pity pity -
Hath done this deed on Caesar.
1. Who is the speaker and who is the listener?
2. What is the justification given for the 'deed'?
3. What does the expression 'this deed' stand for?
(i) Brutus is the speaker and Mark Antony is the listener.
(ii) Brutus justifies the 'deed' by saying that caesar was assasinated for the benifit of rome as he was overambitious and was a threat to the democracy of Rome.
(iii) The 'deed' refers to the assasination of Julius Caesar by Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators.
(ii) Brutus justifies the 'deed' by saying that caesar was assasinated for the benifit of rome as he was overambitious and was a threat to the democracy of Rome.
(iii) The 'deed' refers to the assasination of Julius Caesar by Brutus, Cassius, and the other conspirators.