Question

antony. villains, you did not so, when your vile daggers hacked one another in the sides of caesar: you showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds, and bowed like bondmen, kissing caesars feet, whilst damned casca, like a cur, behind, struck caesar on the neck. o you flatterers! —the tragedy of julius caesar, william shakespeare how would the meaning of this passage be affected if fawned were changed to cowered? it would show that the conspirators did love caesar. it would demonstrate how brutus always admired caesar. it would imply that the conspirators responded to caesar out of fear. it would show that the conspirators were honest in their praise for caesar.

Explanation:

"Fawned" implies flattery, while "cowered" implies fear. Changing "fawned" to "cowered" would suggest the conspirators were acting out of fear of Caesar rather than sycophantic flattery.

Answer:

C. It would imply that the conspirators responded to Caesar out of fear.