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Question
"They that have done this deed are honorable: What private grief’s they have, alas, I know not, That made them do it"……………….
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) What deed have 'they' done?
(c) What does the word, 'grief’s' mean?
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Solution
a) The speaker is Mark Antony.
b) They have done the deed of killing Julius Caesar.
c) The word ‘grief’ means ‘sorrow’.
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