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Read the passages.

Shakespeare used an ancient biography, by the Greek writer Plutarch, as a source for the play Julius Caesar.

excerpt from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

Caesar:
Antonius!

Antony:
Caesar?.

Caesar:
Let me have men about me who are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights:
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;

He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.

excerpt from Lives by Plutarch

Now Caesar, on the other side, did not trust him overmuch, nor was without tales brought unto him against him, howbeit he feared his great mind, authority, and friends. Yet, on the other side also, he trusted his good nature and fair conditions. For intelligence being brought him one day that Antonius and Dolabella did conspire against him, he answered "That these fat long-haired men made him not afraid, but the lean and whitely-faced fellows," meaning by that Brutus and Cassius

How did Shakespeare draw from his source to help create the play?
A
He repeated the exact words of Plutarch's biography.
B
He shared the theme of Plutarch's narrative.
C
He kept the basic meaning of Caesar's comment.
D
He included only the idea that Caesar did not trust Cassius.

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MrsNovelust
The best answer here is B: he shared the theme of Plutarch's narrative. If you look at the two excerpts, you see that while he kept some phrasing the same, it isn't exactly alike (which is why A isn't the best answer here). However, by rephrasing slightly, Shakespeare has allowed the basic understanding and meaning of Plutarch's writing to bleed into the play Julius Caesar. C and D do not make much sense in reference to the question because he has rephrased Caesar's comment slightly and Shakespeare did not include only one small part.
jojumart12

Answer: B: he shared the theme of Plutarch's narrative.