Question

Antony’s intention of making the mob to stand around Caesar’s mutilated body was to ______.

Options

• show respect and honour for his memory

• inflame their passion against the conspirators and increase the dramatic effect

• follow a custom which must be followed

• make them count the wounds

Answer 1

Antony’s intention of making the mob to stand around Caesar’s mutilated body was to inflame their passion against the conspirators and increase the dramatic effect.

Explanation:

Antony uses Caesar’s mutilated body as a powerful emotional spectacle. By showing the wounds and naming the conspirators, he intensifies the citizens’ grief and anger. His real aim is to make them revolt against the assassins.