![]() She insists that Posca read Caesar's will, which stipulates that every citizen receive 75 denarii, and every soldier and veteran 100. Calpurnia rejects Mark Antony's offer to escape the city under his protection she is happy to die in Rome. Mark Antony, Atia and her children arrive to pay their respects - and they are the only ones to do so. When he explains that she is no longer a slave and can say no to his proposal, Eirene accepts, and Pullo smears wet dirt on their faces to make it official.At Caesar's villa, his long-forgotten widow Calpurnia presides over her husband's body as formal mourning rites begin. Eventually he gives in and invites Atia to join him.In a meadow in the Roman countryside, Pullo proposes marriage to Eirene, both of them oblivious to the chaos unfolding in the city. They are interrupted by Antony himself, still out of breath from Quintus Pompey's chase, but Atia's relief soon turns to anger he talks of heading north and raising 'an army of monsters' to avenge Caesar's death.all without her. Octavian argues against it, insisting it's what Servilia wants. Atia begins plotting to flee the city, convinced Mark Antony must be dead since he hasn't come for her. Octavian instructs his sister to never speak of it again. 'I curse you!' he says, pointing a crooked hand at his kids before stumbling out of the courtyard, leaving them to weep over their mother's corpse.Having just heard the news about Caesar, Atia collapses in grief, as Octavia festers with fury, realizing Servilia used what she shared about Vorenus's wife to leave Caesar defenseless. As Vorena the Elder reaches for the boy, he smacks her to the ground, then lets the boy go, redirecting his anger. 'Whose child is this?!' Vorenus demands, hoisting the boy in the air as if ready to hurl him over the gates. When young Lucius approaches, he lurches for the boy, just as his two daughters return with their aunt Lyde and catch sight of their ashen mother. 'The Republic is saved.' Back inside the Senate, Posca weeps over Caesar's body.In the courtyard just below their apartment, Vorenus cries over the limp body of Niobe. Brutus returns home shaking, his mother already plotting for him to fill Caesar's shoes. Her husband's dismissal of her intuitions, like Caesar's of Calpurnia's, leads to his largest mistake his decision to ignore his private feelings, loyalties, and misgivings for the sake of a plan that he believes to be for the public good.Directed by Tim Van PattenWritten by Bruno HellerMoments after Caesar's murder, Mark Antony emerges from the Senate in a state of shock, only to face Quintus Pompey and his thugs, who immediately set off after him. Portia is a represents Brutus' private life, of correct intuition and morality, just as Calpurnia is for Caesar in the following scenes. The most important aspect that the wives reveal about these two men is that although Brutus appears completely determined in his interactions with the conspirators, his inability to confess his thoughts to Portia signifies that he still harbors traces of doubt regarding the legitimacy of his plan. Although Portia seems to be much less cautious, she does kill herself out of grief that Antony and Octavius have become so powerful. Portia seems to be more independent than Calpurnia and Brutus finds it comfortable to confide in wife about his troubled day. Portia is the wife of Brutus is the daughter of a noble king who has taken the side against Caesar. ![]() It also reveals that his wife like most leaders does not influence Caesar his decisions, but it is strictly his own ambition. From the way Caesar ignores her warning, leads me to believe that she is not someone who is taken seriously. ![]() Calpurnia seems to be very dependent like most women is that era. Calpurnia seems to be a very cautious person and worries a lot. She warns Caesar against the Ides of March but he refuses and decides to go anyway. One night she has a horrible dream, which she feels is the report of a bad omen. She invests a great deal of authority to omens and portents. Calpurnia and Portia are both important in Julius Caesar not just for what we know about them but what they tell us about their husbands.Ĭalpurnia is the wife of Caesar.
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