The speech is intended to _______?

I have done the state some service, and they know’t.

No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,

When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.

Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.

Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak

Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:

A. preserve the speaker’s reputation
B. express the speakers remorse
C. express the speaker’s acceptance of guilt
D. denounce the speaker’s enemies

Correct Answer:

Option A – preserve the speaker’s reputation