Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 4. PORTIA. I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House; Stay not to answer me, but
get thee gone.— Why dost thou stay? LUCIUS. To know my errand, madam. PORTIA. I would have had thee there and here again 5 Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there. [Aside] O constancy, be strong upon my side; Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue. I have a man’s mind, but a woman’s might. How hard it is for women to keep counsel! 10 [To LUCIUS] Art thou here yet? LUCIUS. Madam, what should I do? Run to the Capitol, and nothing else? And so return to you, and nothing else? PORTIA. Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well, For he went sickly forth; and take good note 15 What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him. Hark, boy, what noise is that? LUCIUS. I hear none, madam. Which conclusion does this excerpt best support? Portia wants to take action, but she cannot. Portia is still ignorant about Brutus’s plans. Portia is a spy for Caesar and his followers. Portia wishes that she were a young girl again. ANSWER IS A ( portia wants to take action but she cannot)
In this excerpt from Act II, Scene IV, of "Julius Caesar", by William Shakespeare, the conclusion that it best supports is<em> Portia wants to take action, but she cannot</em>. Portia, Brutus' wife, sees her husband is acting in a strange way. Before telling his plans, Brutus exits the house. She asks Lucius, Brutus' servant to go to the Capitol and see how Brutus looks, because he was unwell, and see what Caesar is doing.
