Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 2, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. 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 honour in one eye and death i'th' other, And I will look on both indifferently; For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honour more than I fear death. What moral dilemma does this excerpt express?
Brutus has to decide between loyalty to Cassius and death.
Brutus has to decide between loyalty to Caesar and his own honor.
Cassius has to decide between loyalty to Brutus and his own honor.
Cassius has to decide between loyalty to Caesar and death.
Answer: Brutus has to decide between loyalty to Caesar and his own honor
Explanation: In this excerpt from Act I, Scene II of "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, the moral dilemma that it expresses is that <u><em>Brutus has to decide between loyalty to Caesar and his own honor</em></u>. Brutus and Cassius are hearing that the people of Rome want to make Caesar King. Brutus is afraid of Caesar's ambition. He wants the general good and finds that he has to decide between his loyalty to Caesar and his own honor.
