Read the excerpt from act 5, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.
OCTAVIUS. Come, Antony, away!
Defiance, traitors, hurl we in your teeth.
If you dare fight to-day, come to the field.
If not, when you have stomachs.
What is the most likely reason Shakespeare chose the word hurl rather than throw?
Hurl foreshadows a gathering windstorm during the battle.
Hurl suggests a more violent and powerful motion or action.
Hurl describes how the conspirators killed Caesar.
Hurl emphasizes Octavius’s uncertainty about the battle.