read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 2, s...
read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 2, scene 1. portia. if this were true, then should i know this secret. i grant i am a woman, but withal a woman that lord brutus took to wife. i grant i am a woman, but withal a woman well reputed, catos daughter. think you i am no stronger than my sex, being so fathered and so husbanded? 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 husbands secrets? brutus. o ye gods, render me worthy of this noble wife! which line from the text best supports the conclusion that brutus intends to tell portia about his plans? \if this were true, then should i know this secret. / i grant i am a woman, but withal / a woman that lord brutus took to wife.\ \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 husbands secrets?\ \hark, hark, one knocks. portia, go in a while,\ \and by and by thy bosom shall partake / the secrets of my heart.\