Using Saving Tobe, respond to the following prompt by typing your answer in the box: How do authors use historical times or events as a basis for fiction? How do authors transform or revise history? Use specific textual evidence to support your response.

How does twain’s use of understatement serve his purpose

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of julius caesar. servant. thus, brutus, did my master bid me kneel. thus did mark antony bid me fall down, and, being prostrate, thus he bade me say. "brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest. caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving. say i love brutus, and i honour him. say i feared caesar, honoured him, and loved him. if brutus will vouchsafe that antony may safely come to him and be resolved how caesar hath deserved to lie in death, mark antony shall not love caesar dead so well as brutus living, but will follow the fortunes and affairs of noble brutus thorough the hazards of this untrod state with all true faith.” so says my master antony

Which quotation best supports the authors’ claim and purpose?