Review of Mark Antony's Speech

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by  Ball, Vickie

Review of Mark Antony’s Speech

Act III, scene i
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
Question 1:
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Which of the following best
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
identifies Antony’s words?
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
a.  monologue
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
b.  soliloquy
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use
13. And dreadful objects so familiar c.  aside
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold
d.  dialogue
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
ANSWER 1:
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
Which of the following best
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,-- identifies Antony’s words?
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; b. soliloquy (The stage
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife directions indicate that
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
everyone should “[e]xit all
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use
but Antony”—so Antony is
13. And dreadful objects so familiar
by himself on stage. A
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold
soliloquy is given by a
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds: character who intends only
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, for the audience to hear
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
him.)
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
Question 2:
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Which of the following
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
best identifies Antony’s
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue-- words?
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
a.  foreshadowing
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
b.  flashback
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use
13. And dreadful objects so familiar
c.  irony
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
d.  ethical appeals
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, ANSWER 2:
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
Which of the following best
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
identifies Antony’s words?
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
a.  foreshadowing (The
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
prophecy of “domestic
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife fury and fierce civil
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
strife” which Mark
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use
Antony delivers does,
13. And dreadful objects so familiar
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold indeed, come true;
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
therefore, the speech is
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
an example of
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell, foreshadowing.)
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
Question 3:
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Which of the following
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
best identifies Antony’s
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue-- words?
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
a.  puns
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
b.  prose
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use
13. And dreadful objects so familiar
c.  aphorism
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
d.  apostrophe
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
ANSWER 3:
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Which of the following best
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
identifies Antony’s words?
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue-- d. apostrophe (Mark Antony
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
directly addresses the body
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
of Caesar in line 1— “thou
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use bleeding piece of earth”;
13. And dreadful objects so familiar
therefore, the speech is an
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold
apostrophe.)
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
Question 4:
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Line 9 contains a(n)
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
a.  metonymy
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
b.  synecdoche
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
c.  metaphor
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use
13. And dreadful objects so familiar
d.  anaphora
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
e.  symbol
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
ANSWER 4:
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! Line 9 contains a(n)
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips, b. synecdoche (Because
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
Mark Antony uses a
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
part— “the limbs of
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
men” — to represent
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use
the whole of “men,”
13. And dreadful objects so familiar
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold Line 9 contains
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
synecdoche.
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.
[Exit all but ANTONY]
ANTONY
1. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
2. That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
3. Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
Question 5:
4. That ever lived in the tide of times.
5. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood! The subject of the verb
6. Over thy wounds now do I prophesy,--
“Cry” (line 20) is
7. Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips,
8. To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue--
a.  “spirit” (line 17)
9. A curse shall light upon the limbs of men;
10. Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
b.  “Ate” (line 18)
11. Shall cumber all the parts of Italy;
12. Blood and destruction shall be so in use c.  “hell” (line 18)
13. And dreadful objects so familiar
d.  “confines” (line 19)
14. That mothers shall but smile when they behold
15. Their infants quarter'd with the hands of war;
e.  “voice” (line 19)
16. All pity choked with custom of fell deeds:
17. And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,
18. With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
19. Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
20. Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war;
21. That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
22. With carrion men, groaning for burial.