Shakespeare's Roman Plays

Calphurnia

Family: Roman · Role: wife of Julius Caesar · First appears: Julius Caesar · Act II, Scene II

Life events

  • Julius Caesar agrees to remain home after Calphurnia pleads against his departure.(Julius Caesar · Act II, Scene II · 📍 Caesar’s palace)
  • Decius Brutus persuades Julius Caesar that Calphurnia’s warnings are favorable, prompting him to go.(Julius Caesar · Act II, Scene II · 📍 Caesar’s palace)
    • With: Julius Caesar Decius Brutus
    • “How foolish do your fears seem now, Calphurnia! I am ashamed I did yield to them. Give me my robe, for I will go.”

Julius Caesar · Act II, Scene II

  • married with Julius Caesar “Because I love you, I will let you know: Calphurnia here, my wife, stays me at home.”

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