Read the excerpt from Act II of Julius Caesar.
Brutus: (To himself) It must be by his death. (He thinks how Caesar might act.) He would be crowned. How that might change his nature, there's the question. Crown him; and then I grant we put a sting in him that he may do danger with. (He shakes his head, worried.) And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, and kill him in the shell.
What makes this excerpt from Act II of Julius Caesar an example of a monologue?
Brutus is telling Portia about his fears.
Brutus is warning Caesar about the plot.
Brutus is asking Lucius to help him.
Brutus is revealing his thoughts to the audience.
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Brutus is revealing his thoughts to the audience.
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In the given excerpt from the monologue, d) "Brutus is revealing his thoughts to the audience".
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- The given excerpt is part of Brutus' long soliloquy in Shakespeare's play titled Julius Caesar.
- A soliloquy is a monologue, where one character talks to themselves revealing their thoughts and in some cases some hidden elements of the plot to the audience.
- The other characters in the play are usually unaware of the soliloquy and what the character presenting it reveals to the audience.
- In this, play, Brutus' soliloquy reveals what he thinks of Caesar. He believes that giving Caesar the power of the crown would put the future of Rome in jeopardy and thus Caesar's power must be thwarted.
- According to Brutus', Caesar is a snake waiting to hatch from its egg.
- This soliloquy is important as it reveals Brutus' true intentions with Caesar and gives the audience a clue about what could come next.
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