Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar. BRUTUS. Grant that, and then is death a benefit. So are we Caesar’s frie
nds, that have abridged His time of fearing death. Stoop, Romans, stoop, And let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s blood Up to the elbows, and besmear our swords; Then walk we forth, even to the market-place, And, waving our red weapons o’er our heads, Let’s all cry "peace, freedom and liberty!"
What is the best summary of this monologue?
Brutus directs the conspirators to bathe themselves and their swords in Caesar’s blood so they can flaunt their victory in the streets of Rome.
Brutus convinces himself and the others that they freed Caesar from spending time fearing death. He instructs them all to go in the market and show the people that they have been freed.
Brutus says that death is a benefit and that they did Caesar a favor by killing him, because that means he had less time to worry about dying. Then he asks everyone to bathe their hands and swords in Caesar’s blood so that they can walk to the marketplace, crying, “Peace, freedom and liberty!”
Brutus tells them they did Caesar a favor by killing him, and then he says, “Let’s all cry ‘peace, freedom and liberty!’”
