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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:ANTONY O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!Questions (a) Who are ‘‘these butchers’’? (b) Why is the speaker ‘‘meek and gentle’’? (c) What is the antonym of ‘hard’ in the passage?

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(a) These butchers are Brutus, Cassius and other conspirators who murdered Caesar. 

(b) The speaker finds himself helpless to deal with the conspirators. He has no option but remain meek and gentle to them. 

(c) gentle



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