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Why does Portia feel betrayed?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Portia, the wife of Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, feels betrayed that she is not made privy to the conspiracy. She is the daughter of the famous statesman, Cato, and is no fool when politics are concerned. Brutus does not treat her very well; he does not include her in their conspiracy, then abandons her, where she kills herself at least partly from her concern about the strength of Octavius and Antony.

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