It's not clear from the script. But that might be a good directorial choice--it would make her suicide even more horrific and her pleas to be let in on what is going on even more poignant.
She is the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato, and more importantly for the play, she is Mrs. Brutus.
Portia was Brutus's wife in Julius Caesar. Later in the play, she kills herself because Brutus fled Rome. It's quite pathetic actually.
Well there's Caesar like Julius Caesar, Cinna like Cinna the poet or on of the conspirators who killed Caesar, Octavia from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cato like Cato the elder, there's also a Brutus and Portia form Julius Caesar play.
No, Antony does not have Portia murdered. In Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar," Portia, Brutus's wife, takes her own life out of despair over Brutus's involvement in the conspiracy against Caesar and the subsequent turmoil. Her death is a tragic consequence of the political chaos rather than a direct action taken by Antony.
Technically Since she is Married To Marcus Brutus, Her last name would Be Brutus The Roman women retained their own names upon marriage. Brutus' wife Portia was Portia Catonis. She was the daughter of Cato the Younger.
Portia was Brutus' wife
Portia and Calpurnia
Portia was the wife of Brutus in the time of Julius Caesar. Brutus was the one who killed Caesar, and Portia suspected a plot to assasinate Caesar. She killed herself by swallowing hot coals. She is famous because she was involved in the murder of Caesar, and in in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, as well she is in the movie adaptions.
Portia is a character in William Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice," who is a wealthy heiress known for her intelligence and wit. Calpurnia is a character in William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar," who is the wife of Julius Caesar and is known for her premonitions and attempts to dissuade Caesar from going to the Senate.
She is the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato, and more importantly for the play, she is Mrs. Brutus.
Portia, Brutus' wife
Portia was Brutus's wife in Julius Caesar. Later in the play, she kills herself because Brutus fled Rome. It's quite pathetic actually.
Portia stabbed herself in the thigh and begged for the information bothering him.
Well there's Caesar like Julius Caesar, Cinna like Cinna the poet or on of the conspirators who killed Caesar, Octavia from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cato like Cato the elder, there's also a Brutus and Portia form Julius Caesar play.
Julius Caesar
Portia spoke to the soothsayer at around the ninth hour. This means is was about 9:00 pm. This occurs in Act 2, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar was told to beware the ides of March by a soothsayer in the play Julius Caesar.