Left in the hands of the men of Rome Caesar's blood is making a mess on the floor of the capitol, Brutus and the conspirators are being chased through the streets, Cinna the poet is jumped for no good reason at all and mayhem has ensued. But where are all the women? Shakespeare conveniently leaves out a dominant female presence, but the absence of women amidst the turmoil in Rome speaks volumes in it of itself.
We have only come across two main female characters: Portia and Calpurnia. Although these two figures play subordinate roles, their limited interaction with the men of the play significantly impact the actions and choices of others, if only for a short while. Imagine how the events could have played out had they been given a louder voice, greater respect and an equal opportunity to participate in the politics of Rome.
Calpurnia and Portia never meet in the play, but imagine a conversation between these two strong women following Caesar’s assassination. What would Portia say to Calpurnia, and Calpurnia back to Portia? If given the chance, how could each character have influenced Caesar's fate and the course of history?
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Although Portia and Calpurnia never met in the play, their purposes in the play are partially similar. Portia, Brutus' wife, becomes suspicious of the enterprise and insists that Brutus informs her of the plan. He refuses at first but Portia, being desperate and distraught over the change in her husband's personality, stabs herself in the thigh in order to prove her loyalty to him. When Brutus tells Portia of the plan, she becomes even more distraught. The day Brutus and the conspirators leave for the Capitol, she becomes delusional and insists that she hears shouting coming from the area. She sends her servant Lucius to witness the funeral so she knows the events of the day - so she knows what happens to Brutus. She knew of the plan but did nothing to protest, even though she did not want the enterprise to be carried out. Calphurnia, Caesar's wife, obviously did not know of the enterprise but had a dream that frightened her. In her dream, Caesar was a statue that was leaking blood into a fountain and the Romans were dipping their hands in the blood. The dream was an omen, foreshadowing the events at the Capitol. Calphurnia tried to convince Caesar to stay home with her, fearing that her dream might come true. Caesar agreed at first but was persuaded once more by Decius Brutus and mighty Caesar went to the Capitol despite his wife's warnings.
It is obvious, that Portia would have told Calphurnia of the enterprise and Cal, in return, would tell Portia of the dream. The two women would but two and two together and realize that their husbands were getting themselves into trouble. Portia is loyal to Brutus but she would not allow Calphurnia and Caesar to stay in the dark. If the husbands listened to their wives in the first place, Caesar would not be dead and Brutus would not be the head of the conspirators. If the two women met up and created a plan of their own, Caesar's life would have been prolonged indefinitely, because Brutus is an honest man and he would listen to his wife and Caesar's.
Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar portrays the events leading to and following the assassination of Julius Caesar and the affects it had on Rome. In the play, many men, including Caesar himself, Brutus, the Conspirators, and the townspeople, are of clear importance to the unfolding events. However, it is important to recognize that Shakespeare failed to create many women who impact these events in the same way.
Portia, the wife of the leading Conspirator, Brutus, and Calphurnia, wife of the all-powerful Caesar, are the only two women Shakespeare gives somewhat -if at all, important roles to (Although the Soothsayer is also a woman). Both women are portrayed as helpless at home and unable to be of immediate help to anyone such as their husbands - besides their constant expressions of worry. Portia even has to prove to her husband that she is strong enough to handle the information with which he is burdened by stabbing herself in the leg - a gesture I feel is ridiculous; it should be unnecessary. Women are capable of more than just worry and an ability to listen to the burdens of men, and I feel Shakespeare should have been capable of portraying women in a more important role.
Perhaps Portia, who opposed Caesar's power just as much as her husband, should have joined the conspirators. Or perhaps Calphurnia could have gone with Caesar to see that he is safe herself as opposed to just whining about her ominous dream and worrying about his well-being from home.
It would also be interesting if the two women were to meet face-to-face. I do not agree with Ashley when she says that Portia would not keep Calphurnia and Caesar in the dark in terms of her husband's plan to assassinate Caesar, for her loyalty to her husband would drive her to instead keep his secret, and her family connections - which also oppose Caesar, give her more reason to agree with the conspirators' plan. I do not believe the two girls would get along, for Portia is a tough woman who holds much information, while Calphurnia is worrisome and incapable of influencing her husband to listen to her and to do as she asks (i.e. she asks Caesar to stay home and he refuses). The two women are very different, mostly because their families are enemies of a sort. However, I believe that, if given the chance, these women could have a much greater influence on Caesar's fate and the course of history.
Calphurnia and Portia are two women with similar and different traits. If they were given more influence and acceptance in the Roman community, I am afraid it would not be such a pretty situation. In this scenario Portia would most likely be dead. Portia is the daughter of Cato, a great opponent of Caesar who fought for Pompey. Caesar would not want Portia who would naturally be against him living in his empire. She would arouse trouble with the conspirators since she has a sneaky personality. She shows this sneakiness when she tells her servant to run an errand at the capital when she really wanted to know if Brutus was ok.
Calphurnia is Caesar's wife and holds some qualities of a good leader like him. She talks frequently to other people; she mentions to Caesar about not going to the Capital because of dreams she heard from guards. She not only stays in touch with the people, but she quickly acts on plausible problems to avoid future problems. She continually tries to get Caesar to stay home from the Capital. This proactive behavior is key to a successful leader and his or her controlled community. If Calphurnia was given more power she would be the equivalent to Mark Antony's social status or perhaps greater since she is Caesar's wife. Her persistence is also a fantastic attribute to have because it means that she will as a leader serve the people with a strong stamina. She will do her job for as the whole time she is in power. She very well could have been the next sole console in Rome if provided the opportunity.
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Women have a third eye for suspicion. They can tell when something does not look right or when someone is telling a lie. Although women can be nagging and annoying, they always seem to have a method for their madness. In the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare, the author, does not include many female parts. In fact he only introduces two females, but in a tiny segment of the play. The women were Portia, Brutus’ wife, and Calphurnia, Caesar’s wife.
Portia and Calphurnia face similar struggles in the play. First of all, they are women. Women were thought to be of a lesser value than the “dominate” man. Therefore, it was probably hard trying to get their husbands to listen to their opinions of matters- especially political. Portia tries to get her husband, Brutus to open up to her and tell her the problems that are making him miserable. Portia finally finds out that Brutus is planning to kill Caesar with the other conspirators. Calphurnia faces a similar problem. She tries to inform her husband Caesar of her dream. She tells him to be careful and watch who he calls his friends. Caesar considers his wife’s statements but gets persuaded by his friend to go to the capitol (where he ends up getting stabbed and then dies).
Taking these women’s situations to consideration, if they were ever to meet in Shakespeare’s play; the ending would be completely different. First of all, Caesar probably would not have died. Portia would tell Calphurnia about Brutus’ plan to kill her husband. Why? Because generally speaking, women are more emotional and understanding. Portia would see that Calphurnia truly loves her husband does not want to him to die.
If a conversation would happen between these two women, the play would have a different message. It would be about trust instead of betrayal.
eo95@ymail.com
In Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare only introduces two subordinate female roles. Like Efe said, women can sense when something is not right so they nag until they're suspicions are proven right or wrong. If Shakespeare gave these women a stronger role in the play, where what they say and do greatly affect the men in the play, it would have had different events occurring.
One of the women that Shakespeare included in this play is Portia, Brutus' wife. The night when the conspirators arrive at Brutus' house Portia begins to suspect that something is wrong with Brtus. She says that he hasn't eaten or slept in days either which shows there is something going on. The conspirators arrive to his house cloaked and hidden, like they have something to hide. Since Brutus is stalling in telling Portia what is wrong, she stabs herself in the thigh to show her loyalty to him, like Ashley said. Once Brutus finally tells her what their plan is, she becomes paranoid and more panicked. She wants to save her husband more getting hurt, most importantly, and make sure he is truly doing the right thing with this horrendous deed.
Calphurnia, Caesar's wife, is also given a subordinate role in this play. The night before Caesar is persuaded to go to the Capitol and dies, Cal has a nightmare which, at first, frightens Caesar. She dreams that the people of Rome are bathing in Caesar's blood and they are rejoicing in his death. At first, Caesar becomes frightened along with Cal and decides not to go to the Capitol, mainly because of his wife's fear. Unfortunately, Caesar is convinced to go to the Capitol by Deicius Brutus and is killed.
If these women had a conversation after Caesar's bloody murder, Cal and Portia would try their best to fix the problems in Rome and actually do what's right for Rome and its people. Portia would tell Cal the entire plan and everything that Brutus told her, even though she would be betraying his trust. Like Ashley said, Cal would tell Portia about the dream that she had predicting all of these events as well. Using all of this knowledge about the truth, these two women would talk about how they would try to bring control and order back to Rome. While the conspirators including Portia's husband are being chased out of Rome, Cal and Portia would discuss the idea that maybe they could control Rome like Caesar did. They have enough experience and insight into politics, being wives of major political figures and by this one meeting, would drive Rome into the hands of two powerful women.
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I actually find it odd that the influence of women isn't more prevalent in the story. Like Emma said, if women are capable of more then just worrying and sitting at home. They had actually had a profound influence when they were given the chance to. Calphurnia almost convinces Caesar to stay home, which would have saved him from dying. When Brutus was feeling confused and down about choosing whether to kill Caesar or not, Portia helped to clear his head and made him go through with it. The influence that the women has was great, even if the time they had to exhert that influence was much too short.
If Portia and Calphurnia had met and had a conversation, I'm sure they would absolutely diapprove with what the men are doing. They would probably argue that the way the conspirators are handling the situation was wrong. Even though Portia would have wanted Caesar to die, I'm sure both would have wanted the same outcome just less violent. There are ways to change the leader of a nation without having to kill him/ her. They would have also discussed and agreed on the fact that hey had very little say in what was currently happening. Portia and Calphurnia ( as well as all women) were a part of roman society, so they should have had a part in what the conspirators were doing.
In the play by William Shakespeare, the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, we see that males are the predominant characters in the play. The two women who are mentioned in the play are just small little parts, and they don’t serve much importance as far as everyone else sees them. Even though Portia, Brutus’ wife and Calpurnia, Caesar wife never meet in the play, they both share similar traits. Both wives had a bad feeling something horrible and deadly was going to happen at the capitol, although they did not try and stop it. Portia told her servant to go spy on her husband in the capitol building for her, she knew something bad was going to happen and she was just a worried wife. Calpurnia had a dream that foreshadowed the bad tings to come, and she was scared. In her dream, there was blood and it was Caesar’s. She knew her dream was his fate, and tried to stop him, but it didn’t work. He went anyway and her dream then became reality. If the wives did ever meet, their conversation would definitely be about what will happen at the capitol. Portia would tell Calpurnia about what her husband was going to do about Caesar, and Calpurnia would tell her the dream she had. Together I think they could have prevented Caesar’s death, and would have been good friends.
As Ashley said, having the two women talk could have prevented the death of Julius Caesar and would have changed the conspirators and the whole play.
I think these women together would make a great team. Their differences would balance each other out, and they could together try and be more than just stay at home wives, and do something meaningful. Stop a murder, and maybe they would be in charge next, we will never know.
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Just as in almost every time period up until the 21 century (although there is still sexism), women were regarded as second class citizens, no matter their social status. The period of Caesar's reign was no different. As Efe mentioned, women are often the most insightful. Women also think reasonably when making decisions, instead of worrying about appearing afraid or worrying about their egos like men do. Caesar's ego had a great influence in him in one situation. Calphurnia suspected that something was to go wrong that day and she had almost convinced Caesar to not leave the house but he is convinced by Decius to leave, due to his strong ego.
If Portia and Calphurnia were to have a conversation after the assassination I do not think that they would have been as pleasant to each other as many of my classmates proposed. At first they would play the blame game, both defending their husbands' behavior but being sensible they would realize that blaming others could not and will not solve any problems. Both women were extremely worried about their husbands and so they would have used that as a common ground to begin talking. They would have began to explain the reasoning behind what occurred and how each party held part of the responsibility.
Honestly, I do not think either one of the women could have influenced Caesar's fate. This is not due to their personalities or intelligence but the way society viewed them was stronger than themselves. As I said before, women were not respected and men were extremely set in their ways. Although it is clear that both Caesar and Brutus loved their wives, their pride and the way that they were viewed had such a strong influence on them that the words of their wives were not enough to change the course of history.
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Throughout history women had to fight their way to gain respect and important roles in society. Society has changed greatly where women are now having government positions and doing “male” jobs instead of being looked upon as property of their husbands. When William Shakespeare wrote the play “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,” he gave women a less dominant role, where they were not significant to the Roman society. If women where given more essential roles, they could have changed the outcome of Caesars death. Portia is portrayed as a loyal wife who is deeply concerned about her husband. She wonders what is wrong with Brutus because his behavior has changed. When she confronts Brutus about her concerns he refuses to tell her,. She tries to prove Brutus that she can keep a secret and that she is strong by stabbing herself in the leg. This shows how women are desperate to gain respect and show loyalty towards their husbands, and be considered more important than just house wives. It shows that she loves Brutus, and Calphurnia shows the same concern in Caesar. When Calphurnia is sleeping she dreams of Caesars status pouring out blood and the Romans bathing their hands in the fountain. Calphurnia tries to warn Caesar not to go to the capital because she feels that evil will come and it is not safe. Caesar listens to his wife at first but then Decius came along and convinces Caesar to go to the capital. Of course men’s words are more influential than women’s words. Caesar goes to the capital and avoids his wife’s warning. Instead of women having little say, and being considered more than just house wives; Caesar should have gave women a more dominant role, where they were looked upon as influential figures in society.
If both Calphurnia and Portia where to have a conversation with each other I disagree with Efe because I believe that Portia will not tell her husband’s plan, because she is very loyal to him. She wants to prove her loyalty towards her husband therefore she would not tell Calphurnia. Calphurnia and Portia will probably have a conversation on how they both share the struggles of protecting their husbands and gaining respect. Since they are both concerned about their husbands, if they where given a more dominate role in the play, they would have protected their husbands. They would do so by convincing and influencing them to stay out of trouble. Calphurnia would convince Caesar to stay home, and Portia would convince Brutus to not go with the plan of the conspirators. Therefore Caesar would not be dead.
In the play, the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare women have a very small role throughout the play. This does not come to my surprise simply for the fact that this was not the only time period this took place. Later down the timeline women's role in the community is still being degraded to my surprise. So many women have made great accomplishments, but they still do not fully have the same recognition as the men.
Calphurnia and Portia both have very little chance to change any event that happens in the story. But even with this disadvantage, they both have great impact when they are given a rare chance. Calphurnia almost changes Caesar's decision to stay home. This shows that she can for a fact influence him to do or not do something, but if it were not for his crowning, he would not have gone. One the other hand, Portia helped Brutus get alot off his chest when he most needed it. She helped him come to the decision that she is someone he can trust and that she is loyal. Portia stabbed herself, just to show Brutus she is loyal and she is just there to help him. No other women did that for Brutus, and he just saw with his own eyes that Portia did it for him. The influence that both women had was important, but it was shown in a short period.
I agree with Cesar. If Calphurnia and Portia met in person and had a chance to talk, I think both women would have much to say. They would agree about how much of a role they have in everything that is going on. Both women have a very close relationship with two men that have a major part in this play. One man, Ceasar, is the victim. While the other, Brutus, is the conspirator. Both women obviously are on two seperate sides of who is right and who is wrong, but they both know that if they were able to contribute more, this outcome would not have been reality. But I also agree with Rachel Cooper when she says that neither women would have been able to change the fate of Ceasar. This was bound to happen either way because Cassius was behind this all. He was the one to begin the conspiracy, but then Brutus took over. You can tell that both men loved and adored their wifes equally, but they were just to in over their heads to pay attention to what could have avoided this outcome.
Throughout the play, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, only male characters have important roles. Not many women are featured in plays because they are considered as second class citizens, like what Rachel Cooper said. If Portia and Calphurnia ever had the opportunity to meet up and talk to one another, I believe that they would be very friendly because they both are struggling to protect their husbands like Bianca said. Although Portia knows Brutus' plan against Julius Caesar, I don't think she would tell Calphurnia about it. I also agree with how Bianca said that their conversations would revolve around their husbands. Both Caesar and Brutus are going through inner struggles that their wives would like to help them out.
On the other hand, I also do think there might be a possibility of them arguing. If they were to do so, I think they would only argue with one another to try to prove a point that what their husbands are doing is the right idea for the Roman people. If Portia and Calphurnia were given the chance to change Julius Caesar's fate, I don't think Caesar would listen to them because of the fact that they are women. At that time, women had no say in anything so therefore even if they did, I don't think Caesar would listen because he knows what is best for Rome.
The two women that show up in "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar" are Calpurnia and Portia, Caesar and Brutus' wives. The reason that the two do not hold any major roles is because women were not as important to listened to during Shakespeare's time. If Calpurnia and Portia were to speak up and hold higher roles in the play, I feel that Caesar's murder would have been much more difficult. With the women having larger roles, they eventually would have met one another.
If Portia and Calpurnia were to hold a conversation in the play, it would not be civil. Caesar's wife has visions and dreams that her husband is going to be killed which makes her very uneasy. Brutus' wife knows about what is happening with the conspiracy and Brutus' plan to kill Caesar. Everyone knows that women love to gossip, so it would most likely slip out that Brutus was a conspirator and Calpurnia would see this as a threat to her husband. If this conversation were to be following the assassination, the two women would be at each other's necks. I am positive that if Calpurnia ever came face to face with Portia whose husband murdered Calpurnia's, Calpurnia would try to kill or severely harm Portia.
I agree with Rachel Cooper when she says that the wives meeting would not have changed Caesar's fate. This is because it would not have changed the way that he acted throughout the play and Brutus along with the conspirators would have still felt the same way and still wanted to overthrow Caesar.
syd1194@aol.com
Women in this play could have had changed the whole outcome of what happened to Caesar, but sadly it did not. Just imagine what would have had been the outcome of the play, if Portia talked to Calpurnia. Of course women, they like to gossip, so Portia would have had told Calpurnia what was going to happen, because she was very fearful of bad omens, and she has a big mouth. Calpurnia with that bad dream of hers would have had connected it with Portia’s partial understanding of the plan, to put together the pieces and realize that Caesar would get murdered. Both women are able to control their husbands for a brief second. Portia gets Brutus to start to tell her what the plan was. Calpurnia on the other hand gets Caesar to stay home for the day, for about a minute or two. Just like how Ashley said it, Portia was loyal to Brutus, and Calpurnia was loyal to Caesar, but both of them would not want Caesar dead; Portia because Brutus would get in trouble either by the people or the bad omens, and Calpurnia obviously, because it’s her husband. If these two women met together before Caesar was stabbed they could have had stopped it. It would take them some time to get to where Caesar was, but they could have had sent a messenger to either Brutus or Caesar to stop the plan.
On a different opinion is that if Portia ever met Calpurnia, Portia would not tell Calpurnia what was about to happen. She would do this because one, she did not know the full plan and two if she did tell Calpurnia the plan, Calpurnia would have had stopped the plan. This would put Brutus in even more trouble. Caesar would banish Brutus, which is the one and only thing Portia cares about. Either way, if these two women met, the story would be completely different.
joepedo@ymail.com
Calphurnia and Portia are the only two main women mentioned in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. Even though these women are not mentioned in the play too often, they are significant in some of the decisions made by the main characters. The events that play out could have turned out differently if these two women were taken more seriously. If their voices were louder when it came to the politics if Rome, maybe the outcome for some of these characters would have been different.
In act two, Portia has a feeling that Brutus is acting in a strange manor. Brutus tries go convince her that the reason he is acting a bit differently is because he is physically sick. Portia sees right through this lie and says that the sickness lies within his mind. When Brutus finally tells Portia the truth about he conspiracy, Portia is worried by the fact that he is taking part in something so dangerous as this. Later in scene four of act two, Portia has a conversation with the servant Lucius and tells him to send her word about Brutus. She fears that Brutus will be in grave danger because of this silly conspiracy idea. In the same act, Calphurnia tries to warn Caesar about how she is concerned in regards to his health. That day, Caesar needed to attend a meeting. Calphurnia told Caesar about her dream which involved a his statue with over 100 holes sprouting his blood. She told him to lay low for a while until this horrible feeling of hers passed. Even though Caesar was so close to staying home that day, Decius Brutus convinced Caesar to go to this meeting and yet again, Calphurnia's voice is silenced.
These two women never met on person but if they did, I assume their conversation would be a very interesting one. Calphurnia would probably show great hatred toward Portia. A rivalry would form, although I feel like Portia would make an effort to apologize for her husband's actions since she did not want this plan to continue further in the first place. I agree with Nick when he says that Calphurnia and Portia are two women with similar and different traits. They both are strong women with strong political view and obviously care for their husbands, but the way they view politics is different.
Jazzyjass@verizon.net
Throughout history, women have always played lesser roles to the male. In this case, Calpurnia and Portia are the only two major women who were mentioned in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. Calpurnia and Portia are Caesar and Brutus' wives. Along with Sydney I too believe they did not play bigger roles than what they did in the story, simply for the fact that women were not important at the time of this play being written.
By no means do I believe all women are the same in this way, but like Joe said women do like to gossip quit a bit. They like to gossip especially when it comes to important topics in their lives especially when they have something they need to get off of their chest. If they both played bigger roles in the play they would have met, and they would have explained to one another what exactly was going on. Caesar's death would have ended up being much more complicated than the way it ended up being. If not ending up being much more complicated there is a good chance both Portia and Calpurnia would have kept Caesar's death from happening. Both Calpurina and Portia have a great affect on each of their husbands. They both have the power to stop their husband's when they feel the need to stop them as Caesar almost did not go to the meeting which ended his life because of Calpurnia, and Brutus told Portia all about the plan due to her being suspicious. Overall if both Calpurnia and Portia played larger roles in the play, the outcome would have been much different then the way it was originally.
If Portia and Calpurnia had met, the plot against Caesar may have turned out a lot differently. I agree with Joe that the women would have told each other what was on their mind. Both women were worried about their husbands. After Calpurnia tells Portia that she is worried that Caesar may be killed in some way, Portia would tell her about the conspirators. Portia had already told someone else about the plot by accident so she could easily do it again.
Once Calpurnia hears the news about the conspirators, she would run to Caesar. She could possibly be able to get word to him and save his life. Portia could have changed the outcome for Brutus. She may have been able to stop Brutus from helping murder Caesar so that he would not be punished like all of the other conspirators. All of this could have happened if Calpurnia and Portia met.
I believe that woman have just as much rights as everyone else. I am very glad that today everyone is treated equal and nobody is doubted because of their sex. I agree with Julian and I don't like that throughout history women have looked been looked down upon. However, I am angry that there are only two women in Julius Caesar. It shows that women didn't really have much say but I believe that if they did, it would have influenced the outcome of the story.
There is a difference between men and women however and I do not mean to stereotype but, I feel like women like to say what is on their mind and are not afraid to do so. This is why if Portia and Calpurnia met, Caesar would probably still be alive. Portia would have told Calpurnia that her husband is in danger because she wanted to make sure that her husband Brutus didn't end up in a bad situation. It would have been good if they met and I don't understand how they didn't seeing as to the fact that they are wives of best friends and they are the only two actual women of royalty. If they met, Caesar would have never went to the capitol and he probably would have confronted Brutus. This story defies the laws of women in my mind because it's almost as if these two women like being with just men all the time but I have learned that occasionally women need to be with women and men need to be with men.
Grlzluvemplaya1@aim.com
Despite the fact that Calphurnia and Portia never met in the play, they were very similar. Like most wives, they only have their husbands best interest in mind. I believe that it is most probable that they would not have changed the outcome of the play. Regardless, Caesar would have died, maybe not at that time or place, but it would have happened. The conspiratos already had their mind set and just because Caesar might not have been at the place they wanted to at a certain time, does not mean that they would not have come after him and continued their plan. Calphurnia had a dream which were omens, and she warned Caesar not to go to the Capitol. But even if he had listened, what would have been stopping the conspirators from finding him, and killing him elsewhere. Portia was worried that her husband would be getting into some type of trouble becaue his overall mood had changed. But he did not trust her and chose not to relay information to her. But to show her committment, she stabbed herself in the leg. I agree with Joe when he says that women like to gossip. Therefore Calphurnia and Portia probably would have shared this information with each other, but it probably would not have made a difference because minds were already made up.
Being the fact that Brutus and Caesar hated eachother they decided that they women would also hate each other in this case. Many of the women would not be able to lead in this position because according to the Roman men they are the only ones that can lead and it does not come up to the women to lead an entire city. All of the women in the play will not have to worry about being in charge because they never will have too. The conversation between the two women leaders of the rome would be interesting because the talk would be about any other thing but the strength of Rome at the time and then it would end up in a fight between the two sides.
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