Portia

In The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare creates the central idea that Brutus is a man with honor but his honor leads to tragedy. Marcus Brutus is torn between the two sides of being noble, but standing idly by and watching or being dishonorable in killing Caesar, but for the right reasons. This internal struggle then leads to his demise. First and most important, Shakespeare sets Brutus up to be the tragic hero. Throughout the play Shakespeare comes back to an idea again and again. It is…

himself. Even his death, unlike Cassius, wasn't considered cowardly. He jumped onto his own sword with his face uncovered, and accepted his fate. Brutus was a very stoic man throughout the story, revealing little to no emotion even to the death of Portia. The only emotion that I was able to see was in the end of the story when he finally killed himself. Even Anthony, his enemy, admitted that he was indeed the most noble Roman there was. Even if he did kill Caesar for his own personal gain, he…

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their relationship as leaders would have to be great if they are to have a chance at beating Octavius and Mark Antony as the rulers of Rome. At the same time, Brutus is not really mourning the death of his wife, startling enough Brutas recovers from Portia 's death at an alarming rate. The reason for his lack of grief is that he says that she only had to die once. This kinda implies that he believes that he will have to die more than once. It sounds as if he may not be doing what he believes…

from best friends to bickering generals within a short amount of time. The tragic hero also undergoes a reversal of fortune whenever he is told that Portia, his wife, is dead. At this point in the story Brutus’ life is starting to take a major turn down hill. Brutus no longer comes off as a stoic whenever he proclaims, “No man bears sorrow better. Portia is dead” (IV.iii. 145). He lets out his emotions and shows grief, which is something he has not previously done in the play. Before, Brutus had…

The famous play by the name of Julius Caesar written by Shakespeare has a lot of information and key points packed into each Act and Scene, thus making some of it difficult to understand. In the beginning of the whole play, in Acts I through Act II, are basically leading up to Act III, where Caesar is assassinated. The aftermath of the assassination and how things work out is the following Acts & Scenes prior to Act III. In Act IIII, there are many trials and tribulations Brutus and Cassius…

smart decision. The outcome was very different. Octavious ended up Emperor and Rome became a Monarchy. This was so different than Brutus had hoped. Brutus probably expected himself to be alive to see it and he was not even there. He did not expect Portia to commit suicide let alone himself to commit suicide. Brutus’s decisions turned out different than he…

(Act IV, Scene iii) Meanwhile, with Cassius they argued about their perspectives each other’s wrong doing toward another and snaps at his friend from the stress. Although, Portia, Brutus’s wife in act 2, was worry for his well being so she begged him to come to bed and tell the burden on his mind that made her worry about him. Portia says to her husband; “No, my Brutus, you have some sickness within your mind, which by virtue of my position I deserve to know about. (Act II)” From this quote, it…

Act four, scene two of Julius Caesar begins with an argument between Cassius and Brutus. This argument leads into scene three as well. Cassius is upset with Brutus for punishing Lucius by putting him in jail. Lucius had been taking bribes. Wealthy citizens of Rome would pay Lucius in return they would get a government position. Cassius is upset, because Lucius was working for Cassius. Cassius was getting all the money that the citizens were paying Lucius. Basically, Lucius was doing Cassius’…