6 Read the excerpt from act 5 scene 1 of Julius Caesar OCTAVIUS Come come the cause If arguing make us sweat The proof of it

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6 Read the excerpt from act 5 scene 1 of Julius Caesar OCTAVIUS Come come the cause If arguing make us sweat The proof of it will turn to redder drops Look I draw a sword against conspirators When think you that the sword goes up again Never till Caesar s three and thirty wounds Be well avenged or till another Caesar Have added slaughter to the sword of traitors How does Shakespeare s use of the word slaughter rather than murder affect the meaning of the passage It suggests that others have already killed many who had a hand in Caesar s death It describes the number of wounds that Caesar suffered It emphasizes the savagery of the assassins actions toward Caesar It suggests that the play was filled with many brutal deaths including those cause from s

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