BRUTUS: What means this shouting? I do fear, the people
Choose Caesar for their king.
CASSIUS: Ay, do you fear it?
Then must I think you would not have it so.
BRUTUS: I would not, Cassius. Yet I love him well.
But wherefore do you hold me here so long?
What is it that you would impart to me?
If it be aught toward the general good,
Set honor in one eye and death the other,
And I will look on both indifferently,
For let the gods so speed me as I love
The name of honor more than I fear death.
CASSIUS: I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus,
As well as I do know your outward favor.
Well, honor is the subject of my story.
I cannot tell what you and other men
Think of this life, but, for my single self,
I had as lief not be as live to be
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In awe of such a thing as I myself.
I was born free as Caesar. So were you.
Select the correct answer.
Which statement best expresses Brutus's conflicting motivations?
OA Brutus is motivated by his commitment to Rome and his friendship with Cassius
OB.
Brutus is motivated by his friendship with Cassius, but he also wants to support Caesar as leader of Rome.
Oc
Brutus is torn between his friendship with Caesar and his comment to what's best for Rome.
O D. Brutus is torn between motivations for his friendship with both Caesar and Cassius.
