Question

What are the central ideas of this excerpt? Select two

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer above me is INCORRECT!

Explanation:

CORRECT ANSWERS ARE:

C: The mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, but their merits die with them.

D: If Caesar was power hungry, it was a serious flaw, and he paid seriously for it.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Antony only wants to bury Caesar; he is not there to tell everyone how great Caesar was.

The mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, but their merits die with them.

Explanation:

The central idea of a text is the most important point the author is making. There can be multiple central ideas in a single text.

The two central ideas in the given excerpt are the Antony only wants to bury Caesar, and that the mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, while their merits die with them.

One of the correct options must contain information about Caesar's funeral, as that's the reason for Antony's speech. He explicitly tells us that he isn't there to tell everyone how great Caesar was. He only wants to bury him. He conveys a message that the mistakes men make are remembered after their deaths, but their merits die with them. He connects this with Caesar and Brutus' words that Caesar was simply motivated by power. This fact overshadows every good deed Caesar had done.