Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of julius caesar.

antony. therefore i took your hands, but was indeed
swayed from the point by looking down on caesar.
friends am i with you all, and love you all,
upon this hope: that you shall give me reasons
why and wherein caesar was dangerous.

what is the central idea of this excerpt?

antony shakes the conspirators’ hands, but he wants to kill them when he sees caesar’s body.
antony agrees with the conspirators that caesar was dangerous and looks down on caesar.
antony knows why the conspirators killed caesar, but wants to know why he was not included.
antony will be friends with the conspirators if they tell him why they killed his beloved caesar.

What is the central idea of this excerpt?

Antony will be friends with the conspirators if they tell him why they killed his beloved Caesar.

He says he will support them if they explain their actions. ("Friends am I with you all, and love you all,  Upon this hope: that you shall give me reasons  Why and wherein Caesar was dangerous.")

The first two lines ("Therefore I took your hands, but was indeed Swayed from the point by looking down on Caesar.") simply mean that Antony was overwhelmed with grief to see the dead body of Caesar.

D. Antony will be friends with the conspirators if they tell him why they killed his beloved Caesar.

Explanation:

for me, i'd go with (c) satisfied or (b) overjoyed because if you read it a couple of times, it makes since that it is c or b. it can't b (a) angry because booker was never angry about anything. at the end of the paragraph, booker states, "i think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that i " i think that sentence kind of gives away the also, some words in the paragraph can also you like for example, "indulged," "calmly," "perplexity," "privilege," and defining words that you don't know, can you understand more of that paragraph and it can also increase your comprehension. : )

i'm really rally sorry if i'm incorrect, but if i'm hope this ! : )

the speaker versus the boy.