Calpurnia and Portia
In William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar Calpurnia and Portia are two women of similar characters. Calpurnia is the wife of Julius Caesar, and Portia is the wife of Brutus. Both women are concerned with their husband’s well being and fear for their lives. These two women of similar character show how women of early roman times acted towards their husbands. Calpurnia has a dream on the eve of the ides of March of her husband’s statues bleeding from stab wounds. Calpurnia tries to convince her husband to stay home from the senate on the Ides of March because she fears for his life and hopes the he cares about his life as much as she does. The following quote shows this: “Alas, my lord, Your wisdom is consumed in confidence. Do not go forth today. Call it my fear that keeps you in the house, and not your own. We’l
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Approximate Word count = 560
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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