Julius Caesar And Calpurnia Relationship

Calpurnia dreams that Caesar will be murdered and thinks it is foolish. It is a mistake by Caesar to think it is foolish because it foreshadowed his death that eventually happened. His personality got in his own way and ended up costing his life. Caesar ignoring the signs and foreshadows throughout the play ended up costing his own life as his personality got in his own way.

Calpurnia’s first reason for wanting Caesar to stay at home is her fear of the supernatural events and the chaos in Rome, so she convinces him of her points with ethos and pathos. In the first line,

While the love between Portia and Brutus is equally reciprocated, we can see and contrast Calphurnia's love for Caesar this way. Portias' concern for Brutus

The main thing Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia does in the play is tell Caesar to stay at home on the day of his murder because of many unnatural events that have taken place the night before and because she has had

During this fight Brutus mentions the fact Portia has committed suicide in the fact that she longed for her Brutus. But he seemed unphased by her death and he did not shake with any

Caesar, Calpurnia, and Antony have gathered for the race in which women become “fertile” at the touch of a whip. Antony will race and strike Calpurnia with his whip, so she can become fertile. “A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.” A soothsayer warns Caesar about his doom on March 15th, but Caesar ignores him and calls him crazy. Casca and Brutus discuss what happened to Caesar. “And then he offered it a third time…for he swooned and fell down.” Caesar was offered the crown by the people three times and he refused it and fainted sometimes after that. Casca thinks Caesar wants the crown for himself but played it off like he didn’t. Cassius then discusses his plot with Brutus. “That you might see your shadow. I’ve heard where many

Brutus’s wife, the daughter of an honorable roman who took sides against Caesar. Portia, adapted to being Brutus’s soul mate, is upset to find him so unwilling to speak his mind when she finds him distressed.

Brutus’ downfall begins when the group of conspirators finally kills Julius Caesar at the Roman Senate. Chaos ensues, and the group knows that something disastrous shall occur soon. “Fates, we will know your pleasures:/ That we shall die, we know; ‘tis but the time,/ And drawing days out, that men stand upon” (939). His fall continues after he learns of the death of his beloved and loyal wife Portia. “O Cassius, I am sick of many griefs…/No man bears sorrow better. Portia is dead” (972). These events have caused the noble character of Brutus to become internally distraught and turbulent, but his outside guise shows little hint of this. Finally, he dies in the final battle between the liberation forces and the Roman army. “I prithee, Strato, stay thou by thy lord:/ Thou art a fellow of a good respect;/ Thy life hath some smatch of honour in it:/ Hold then my sword, and turn away thy face,/ While I do run upon it. Wilt thou, Strato?/… Farewell,

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar is seen as what the image history has portrayed him as, a fine general of Rome’s vast military but also a general of an ill mind and ignorance that is upon him. This ill mind and ignorance is derived from his power and the abuse that came with the power. His abuse of power is widely seen throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar as he seizes his power from the Rome senate and everyone and everything. This abuse is also summarized in Brutus’s response of Caesar’s power as he describes Caesar as a “serpent egg” and provides a forewarning of the dangers of Caesar’s power as it becomes more and more prevalent throughout the first half of the story before his death. As it is shown that the assumptions pertaining to Caesar are true; it is also developed that Caesar begins to overlook his surroundings, of which includes his beloved wife, Calphurnia.

Along with the actuality and the attempts of manipulation in this play reside many forced manipulations. In the same scene in which Calpurnia convinces her husband to not go to the Capitol, a group of conspirators meet at Caesar's house to make sure he does not decide to stay at home, simply so that the planned assassination can, in fact, take place. Brutus, one of the conspirators, tells Caesar that his wife is superstitious, and that he should not be listening to her.

Personally they are husband and wife. Portia worries about Brutus on a personal level so when she notices the Brutus is worried and stressed she asks what is wrong. Portia has to find out what is wrong with him since he hasn’t been eating or sleeping much (II.i.258-276). She loves him, which is personal so she wants to find out if he is ill (II.i.282-299). Portia cares about him which is a personal relationship. The argument mixes with politics when she realizes he will not tell her and says that she knew the senators were talking with him and it is political (II.i.314-325). At that Portia mixed political and personal points to find out what he is hiding from her. She finds out Brutus is going to kill Caesar. That ruins boundaries because she knows her husband is a murder, which causes Portia to trust Brutus less. That causes problems which involve lack of trust and ruin the

During the novel, Caesar turns into an ambitious leader. Once he gets word that the Senate will crown him king in Act 2, Scene 2, he disregards Calpurnia’s wishes and decides to go to the Senate House. Caesar says, “How foolish do your dreams seem now, Calpurnia! I am ashamed I did yield to them. Bring me my robe for I will go”. By abandoning

    Brutus and Cassius are both conspirators against Caesar, but for diverse reasons. Brutus, though pressured for the wrong reasons by his friend Cassius, joins the conspirators solely to promote the well being of Rome. Through out the play Julius Caesar, the guilt of the thought of slaughtering his benevolent friend Caesar overwhelms him. His wife Portia comments on the anguish caused from his inner battle between his love for Rome and his love for his Caesar. "Yesternight at supper you suddenly arose and walked about, musing and sighing, with your arms across" (Julius Caesar, 571, act 2, scene 1). Portia displays her concern of her husband's problems,

With Caesar’s actions in Calpurnia’s presence we see the gentler, slightly less arrogant side to his personality. Also in having Portia’s presence, we see the more compassionate side of Brutus, her husband. We are shown Caesar’s gentler, less arrogant behavior when Calpurnia pleaded with Caesar that he not leave home that day, a request made due to her suspicions sparked by the soothsayer’s warning to beware the Ides of March. Caesar dismisses her feeling confident that the Soothsayer’s words were unimportant. However she continues in her attempts to convince him. “Mark Antony shall say I am not well,/ And for thy humor I will stay at home” (cite). Then, although he sees staying home on this day as a sign of cowardice, Caesar chooses to stay home. Although shortly after, Caesar reverts to his original plan, the fact remains true that for at least a moment, Caesar had made the less arrogant choice. Making this choice showed Caesar is capable of changing his arrogant way of thinking under certain circumstances.In having Portia, Brutus’s wife, we see a new characteristic in Brutus as well.After Portia’s death Brutus says to Cassius, “No man bears

     For thousands of years, humanity has been ruled mainly by a Patriarchal society. In this society women have often been seen as objects or inferior humans through the eyes of their male counterparts. The Elizabethan era was no exception to these beliefs, and works of literature often supported these misogynistic views. In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, however, the author appears to portray the characters of Portia and Calphurnia in a positive light, ignoring the common stereotypes often associated with female characters. Although Portia and Calphurnia have minor parts in the play, their strength is discernible. Both female characters are portrayed as