Question

ony. villains, you did not so, when your vile daggers stabbed one another in the sides of caesar: showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds, bowed like bondmen, kissing caesars feet, last damned casca, like a cur, behind, plucked 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 excessive flattery, while "cowered" means to shrink or crouch in fear. Changing "fawned" to "cowered" would suggest the conspirators were afraid of Caesar rather than flattering him.

Answer:

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