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Which of the following phrases best describes Antony's mood when he says: 'O mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure?’
Topic: Act 3 Scene 1 — Antony's grief
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(b) grief and sorrow.
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Read the rhetorical question: Antony is measuring the greatness of Caesar’s life against the small space his corpse now occupies. That contrast — conquests, glories, triumphs shrunk to "this little measure" — is lament, not rage. His anger comes later, in the prophecy of civil war once the conspirators leave. Mood questions are answered by asking what the speaker is doing: here he is mourning.
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grief and sorrow.
Example
Grief and sorrow.
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