In this passage, Antony is speaking at Caesar’s funeral. ANTONY. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend
me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones.
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious.
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honourable man,
So are they all, all honourable men—
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me.
But Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honourable man.

–The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,
William Shakespeare

Which statement best summarizes the passage?

Antony is praising Brutus, but he is also praising the conspirators because he fears for his life.
Antony is speaking at Caesar’s funeral to praise Caesar and show that he agrees with the conspirators.
Antony is at Caesar’s funeral to praise Caesar and show that the conspirators are liars and were wrong.
Antony speaks at Caesar’s funeral to praise Caesar, and he declares that he will be the new ruler of Rome.