Question

Both the women in the play, Portia and Calpurnia, are ______.

Options

• deeply concerned and fearful about their respective husbands

• not at all caring or concerned about their respective husbands

• trying to overpower and control their respective husbands

• self-centred and like to have their own way in everything

Answer 1

Both the women in the play, Portia and Calpurnia, are deeply concerned and fearful about their respective husbands.

Explanation:

Portia and Calpurnia are both deeply worried about the safety of their husbands. Their fears arise from Brutus’s strange behaviour and Calpurnia’s terrifying dream. Both women try to protect their husbands, not to control them selfishly.