Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:
Good countrymen, let me depart alone, And, for my sake, stay here with Antony:(i) Identify the speaker of the above lines.(ii) When and where were the above lines spoken?(iii) Bring out the irony in the above extract.

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i) The speaker of the above lines is Brutus.
ii) The above lines were spoken when Brutus was speaking at Caesar's funeral. As Brutus was about to step out of the pulpit, he spoke these words.
iii) It is ironical that Brututs tells the citizens to listen to Antony for Brututs' sake because it was Brutus who had a hand in Caesar's murder and Antony was just trying to revenge Caesar's death.
The irony is also situational. Brutus believes that the mob supports him. He does not know that his decision to allow Antony to speak at the funeral will soon bring his downfall.

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Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:Good countrymen, let me depart alone, And, for my sake, stay here with Antony:(i) Identify the speaker of the above lines.(ii) When and where were the above lines spoken?(iii) Bring out the irony in the above extract.

Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:
Good countrymen, let me depart alone, And, for my sake, stay here with Antony:(i) Identify the speaker of the above lines.(ii) When and where were the above lines spoken?(iii) Bring out the irony in the above extract.