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Portia kills herself because of the stress that Brutus, her husband, puts on her after the death of Caesar. She cannot accept his involvement and change of mood.

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What does Portia do to convince Brutus to tell her what is going on?

She cut herself on the thigh to prove her strength of character to him


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What reasons does Portia give to insist Brutus reveal his feelings to her?

Portia feared that Brutus would not take her into his confidence because she might betray his secrets under torture. In order to test herself on this, she inflicted a sever thigh wound on herself to see if she could stand the pain. Finding that she could, she told Brutus what she had done and insisted that because of that, he should take her into his confidence. He then told her of the plan to kill Julius Caesar.


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Not only was Caesar ambitious; he thought of himself higher in the ladder, that he was better than everyone below him. Brutus says that if they were to kill everyone close to Caesar then, he wont have as much power, and then they could finally kill Caesar before he hatches and becomes mischievous. Him and his wife also had an unsteady relationship compared to Brutus and Portia's relationship.


How does portia prove she is worthy to hear the plans of her husband brutus?

Portia feared that Brutus would not take her into his confidence because she might betray his secrets under torture. In order to test herself on this, she inflicted a sever thigh wound on herself to see if she could stand the pain. Finding that she could, she told Brutus what she had done and insisted that because of that, he should take her into his confidence. He then told her of the plan to kill Julius Caesar.


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What did the assassins of Julius Caesar use to kill him?

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