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Read the excerpt from act 2, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.BRUTUS. The exhalations whizzing in the air / Give 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 dropped / Where 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 Rome / The Tarquin drive when he was called a king. / "Speak, strike, redress!" Am I entreated / To speak and strike? O Rome, I make thee promise, / If the redress will follow, thou receivest / Thy full petition at the hand of Brutus!What effect does the letter have on Brutus?

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