In Julius Caesar, which character says, “The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interrèd with their bones; So let it be with Caesar”?
A) Brutus B) Cassius C) Julius Caesar D) Mark Antony ü
The lines occur in Antony’s famous oration following the assassination of Caesar by Brutus, Cassius and the other conspirators. Brutus has naively given Antony permission to speak to the people, though with the restriction that he shall not say anything against the conspirators. The wily Antony accepts, but with masterly use of irony rouses the crowd against the conspirators while ostensibly praising them as “honorable men”.
