Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! (a) What is the ‘bleeding piece* of the earth’ referred to here? (b) Why was Antony ‘meek and gentle’? (c) Who are the butchers mentioned here?
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a)It could be the cut down trees
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c)Butchers refer to the wood cutters
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c)Butchers refer to the wood cutters
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This extract is taken fro Act 3, Verse 1 of Julius Caesar which is a tragic play by William Shakespeare.
Explanation:
- (a) The bleeding piece of earth with reference this extract is Julius Caesar.
- (b) Antony is meek and gentle because although he is still loyal to Caesar, he has to pretend to be a part of the conspirators to survive and make his next move.
- (c) The butchers mentioned here are the conspirators who plotted against Julius Caesar and murdered him. Although in this play the credit of the murder is mostly attributed to Brutus and Cassius Longinus, it is generally said that in reality all the senators stabbed Caesar to death.
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