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Read the excerpt from act 2, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.BRUTUS. The exhalations whizzing in the airGive so much light that I may read by them.[Opens the letter and reads]"Brutus, thou sleep'st. Awake, and see thyself.Shall Rome, etc.? Speak, strike, redress."—"Brutus, thou sleep'st. Awake!"Such instigations have been often droppedWhere I have took them up."Shall Rome, etc.?" Thus must I piece it out:Shall Rome stand under one man's awe? What, Rome?My ancestors did from the streets of RomeThe Tarquin drive when he was called a king."Speak, strike, redress!" Am I entreatedTo speak and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise,If the redress will follow, thou receivestThy full petition at the hand of Brutus!What effect does the letter have on Brutus?

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