Gianna Vaccaro
Honors English 2
Mr.Goebelbecker
12 March 2018
Portia and Calpurnia and Their Psychology
To this day, Shakespeare continues to amaze us with his power to create characters we hook on too. When we experience his plays, we identify with the love, fear, and disasters that these characters face. Often, his characters show very complex behavioral problems. Shakespeare's tragedies, are marked by his eerie ability to show mental illness and disorders in these characters. Shakespeare was clearly fascinated by mental illness, many characters in Julius Caesar display a variety of symptoms of different types of disorders, but today we are going to speak about the only two females in the play of Julius Caesar and though they only have just a few lines combined, their lines are quite impactful towards the whole play itself. Julius Caesar is a play that is suspended between history and tragedy. The play is male–dominated, with only two women roles… Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, and Portia, Brutus’ wife.
BRUTUS: You are my true and honourable wife,
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart
PORTIA: If this were true, then should I know this secret.
I grant I am a woman; but withal
A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife:
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 …show more content…
Caesar simply puts Calpurnia's concerns aside and instead listens to Decius’ alternate interpretation of the dream because it was more appealing and positive. But not listening to Calpurnia resulted in his assassination by the Senate. Calpurnia demonstrates strength in her when she demands that Caesar lie to the Senate and stay home with her to ensure his safety. But the attempt is counter-argued by a stronger male presence in her life. This ignorance on Caesar’s part leads to his
Honors English 2
Mr.Goebelbecker
12 March 2018
Portia and Calpurnia and Their Psychology
To this day, Shakespeare continues to amaze us with his power to create characters we hook on too. When we experience his plays, we identify with the love, fear, and disasters that these characters face. Often, his characters show very complex behavioral problems. Shakespeare's tragedies, are marked by his eerie ability to show mental illness and disorders in these characters. Shakespeare was clearly fascinated by mental illness, many characters in Julius Caesar display a variety of symptoms of different types of disorders, but today we are going to speak about the only two females in the play of Julius Caesar and though they only have just a few lines combined, their lines are quite impactful towards the whole play itself. Julius Caesar is a play that is suspended between history and tragedy. The play is male–dominated, with only two women roles… Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, and Portia, Brutus’ wife.
BRUTUS: You are my true and honourable wife,
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart
PORTIA: If this were true, then should I know this secret.
I grant I am a woman; but withal
A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife:
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 …show more content…
Caesar simply puts Calpurnia's concerns aside and instead listens to Decius’ alternate interpretation of the dream because it was more appealing and positive. But not listening to Calpurnia resulted in his assassination by the Senate. Calpurnia demonstrates strength in her when she demands that Caesar lie to the Senate and stay home with her to ensure his safety. But the attempt is counter-argued by a stronger male presence in her life. This ignorance on Caesar’s part leads to his