Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of Julius Caesar.
ANTONY. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones.
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious.
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
What are the central ideas of this excerpt? Select two options.
O Antony wants everyone to know that he wanted Caesar dead.
O Antony does not believe that Caesar deserves a funeral but unwillingly agreed to speak to please the conspirators.
O The mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, but their good deeds more often die with them.
O If Caesar was power-hungry, it was a serious flaw, and he paid seriously for it.
O Antony believes the conspirators should be rewarded with riches for their sacrifice and willingness to kill the ambitious Caesar.
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