Question

brutus. words before blows: is it so, countrymen? octavius. not that we love words better, as you do. brutus. good words are better than bad strokes, octavius. antony. in your bad strokes, brutus, you give good words. witness the hole you made in caesars heart, crying long live, hail caesar! —the tragedy of julius caesar, william shakespeare what does shakespeare mean by the phrase bad strokes as spoken by antony in this passage? weak hits poor shots evil deeds harmful words

Explanation:

In the context, Antony is referring to Brutus' actions of participating in Caesar's assassination. "Bad strokes" here symbolize the evil deeds of the conspirators against Caesar. It is not about physical hits, shots, or words.

Answer:

C. evil deeds