Julius Caesar And Calpurnia Character Analysis

Have you ever wondered why in some plays there are not as many women as there are men. In William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar that is just the case, there are only two women in this play. Portia and Calpurnia only get introduced when men are talking. Portia goes crazy because she is not treated like she would like to be. Portia wants to be treated like men. She feels that she is as strong as a man. Calpurnia is the same way, she tries to tell Caesar to stay home. Julius Caesar uses Gender that shows that women do not have power over the men.
In the play, Portia comes out to the garden and tries to see what is on Brutus mind. Portia tell him “I grant I am a woman but withal/A woman well-reputed, Cato’s daughter./Think you I am no stronger than my sex,/Being so fathered and so husbanded?”(II.i.303-306). Portia is mad at Brutus because he will not tell her what is on his mind.. Portia is going crazy. She cuts herself and says “Giving myself a voluntary wound/Here in the thigh.Can I bear that with …show more content…
Calpurnia has a dream about Caesar’s death. Calpurnia says to Caesar what he should do stay safe “That keeps you in the house,and not your own/ We’ll send Mark Antony to the senate house/ And he shall say you are not well today.” (II.ii.51-53). Calpurnia is trying to keep Caesar safe from the plebeians. When Calphurnia was explaining her dream to Caesar, Decius came in and reinterpreted Calphurnia dream. Decius said that Calphurnia dream was a sign that the plebeians liked him. Caesar is mad at Calphurnia because she is keeping him from his people. Caesar says “How foolish do your fears seem now,Calphurnia!/ I am ashamed I did yield to them./Give me my robe,for I will go.”(II.ii.105-107). Caesar cannot be controlled by his wife. Caesar got warned multiple times that bad things were going to happen to him. He did not listen to any of those warnings. Calphurnia and Portia only get introduces when men come into the