go to the capitol. Then Calpurnia (the voice of reason) says “your wisdom is consumed in confidence” and tells him to tell them it is her fear and not his own that keeps him from the capitol. And Caesar grudgingly agrees. Then Decius Brutus comes in and ruins the whole thing by telling Caesar that her dream was telling how great he is and Decius manages to flatter Caesar enough that he decides to go to the capitol and he tells Calpurnia how foolish her dreams seem now and he leaves. Calpurnia, as we know was right the whole time and Caesar gets assassinated at the capitol. This scene was important in foreshadowing Caesar’s death and showing how overconfident Caesar is, and although Calpurnia’s warning was only one of many she seems to be the only warning with real impact, that is until Decius Brutus comes in to play. Portia, wife of Brutus has he her first appearance in act 2 scene 1, when she awakens to find Brutus very stressed out. She asked why and he said he is sick, she tells him that being outside will only make it worse. She tells him how concerned she is with his ways and kneels and tells him how faithful she had been. He tells he “kneel not gentle Portia.” And she replies, “I should not kneel if you were gentle Brutus” than she tells him that he should tell hr his troubles because she is his wife. She shows how strong willed she is by reminding him of how she stabbed herself in the leg and she says “can I bear that with patience / and not my husband’s secrets?” Brutus says “o ye gods / render me worthy of this noble wife!” Then he promises to tell her later on because someone knocks at the door. Then, in scene 4 of act 2 Portia sends Lucius to the senate to see how Brutus is doing, she is very nervous and she tells Lucius to just tell him she is well and see what he says in return. Then she meets the soothsayer and asks him about ...
