What this interaction reveals about Brutus' character is that his <span>naiveté and idealism prevent him from seeing when he’s being manipulated. He wanted to save the Republic from Caesar, and that was his only goal in life - apart from that, he could see nothing else and think about no other cause. This is why it was so easy for Portia to trick him into telling her everything. However, it didn't do her any good - she still committed suicide in the end. </span>
The child is the father to the man means that we will find the basic personality of the adult nascent in the child. Is the child honest, extroverted, sly, cautious, thoughtful? Driven to succeed? Driven for approval? Fatalistic? You will likely find that when he is an adult he will embody much the same character.
Comedy is funny while tradegy is sad and bad stuff happening