Question

How do Brutus’s moral dilemmas in each excerpt compare?

In both excerpts, Brutus is concealing a significant secret from a person he loves.
In both excerpts, Brutus is trying to stop someone from taking too much power.
In both excerpts, Brutus is deciding whether or not to tell his secret to anyone.
In both excerpts, Brutus is convinced by someone else that he is doing the right thing.

Answer 1

Read the two excerpts from act 2, scene 1, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.

Excerpt 1:

[BRUTUS.] Since Cassius first did whet me against Caesar
I have not slept.
Between the acting of a dreadful thing
And the first motion, all the interim is
Like a phantasma or a hideous dream.
The genius and the mortal instruments
Are then in council, and the state of man,
Like to a little kingdom, suffers then
The nature of an insurrection.

Excerpt 2:

BRUTUS. Kneel not, gentle Portia. . . .

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. . . .
Tell me your counsels; I will not disclose 'em.
I have made strong proof of my constancy,
Giving myself a voluntary wound
Here in the thigh. Can I bear that with patience,
And not my husband's secrets?

Answer 2

what can you say is a wrong answer

Answer 3

umm hold on

Answer 4

c and b

Answer 5

ok good job so what is the right awnser

Answer 6

umm a

Answer 7

you are correct good job

Answer 8

thanks

Answer 9

am i really right

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

ok