Examples Of Portia In Julius Caesar

People use all types of ways to manipulate people into doing things for them. Things such as lying or even playing with one's feelings are some of the ways that people do to get what they want, whether it's for a good reason or a bad one .In julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, we are introduced to two concerned wifes. One named Portia, who is married to Brutus, and the other named Calpurnia, who is married to Julius Caesar. Both want the best for their husbands and both do so by doing what they believe is best.
First and foremost we are introduced to Portia, the wife of Brutus, and how concerned she is about Brutus. In Act Two, Scene One Brutus is pacing in his garden after speaking with the conspirators. His wife Portia comes out to speak

with him. She asks him what is wrong but he does not want to tell her. He says that he is feeling sick. Portia knows he is lying and is upset that Brutus won’t confide in her. She calls on her position as his wife to convince him to confide in her. She insists that marriage is more that just sharing meals and a bed. It is about sharing confidences. If he refuses to speak to her she might as well be a harlot because he is denying her the prime component of marriage. By speaking this way to brutus she manages to use ethos as a way to convince brutus to speak his mind. This way she manages to use his marriage as a way to convince him to tell her everything. It's different because she uses ethos unlike calpurnia, who uses pathos instead.
Calpurnia is Caesar's wife. In Act 2, she is concerned about the bad omens, which she frankly admits she has never put much credence in before this time. When Calpurnia gets on her knee to Caesar, she temporarily succeeds in persuading him to remain at home. She offers to let Caesar use her anxiety as an excuse for not going to the Capitol.Caesar disregards Calpurnia's wishes in the beginning. Then she pleads for Caesar to stay home with her. Again, on bended knee, she begs Caesar to use her own anxiety as an excuse not to attend the Capitol meeting.Calpurnia is grief-stricken. She fears that Caesar will be murdered if he stirs about. She desires for Caesar to stay at home with her.Caesar finally decides to give in to his wife's anxiety. Caesar hears Calpurnia's pleas. He decides to please her by staying home. He tells Decius that he will honor his wife's wishes by staying home with her.By using her own feelings and by begging she manages to convince Caesar to stay home. This would be an example of pathos because she manages to use Caesar’s feelings to do what Calpurnia wants.
Differences put aside, both Calpurnia and Portia are very similar indeed. For example they both worry about their husbands. The only reason they ever have to come to such circumstances to get this husbands to do what they want is because they worry about them. Portia is worried about Brutus because he of what the conspirator had discussed with him, made him really worried. She saw this and had to get Brutus to talk it out with her. Calpurnia is worried about Caesar because she does not want him to die. Both share similar goals in their concerned marriages.
Calpurnia and Portia share their same goals but ultimately gain what they want through different ways. With Portia using Ethos and Calpurnia using pathos, they gain their goals of convincing their husbands to do what they want.