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Comparing characters helps you examine their personalities in greater detail and

helps you identify their function in the play as a whole. This activity provides new

insight into the two women. Review Portia's and Calpurnia's roles thus far to

prepare for this exercise.

Directions: Complete the chart for Portia and the chart for Calpurnia by choosing

two quotes that epitomize their roles and explain what each quote reveals about

her personality. Then, answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Portia (Scene 1)

Write two quotes spoken by or about

Portia in Act 2, Scene 1.

Explain what the quote reveals about

Portia's personality.

Calpurnia (Scene 2)

Put these events in the correct order #1-4. cause: world war 1 caused heavy casualties and property damage throughout europe. many people barely had enough food to eat or coal to stay warm. what happened next? question 1 options: communism soon spread to many small countries near russia, and eventually spread to cuba, china, and vietnam. led by vladimir lenin, a group called the bolshevik party gained the support of the people and overthrew russia’s monarchy, killing czar nicholas ii and his family. russia, now led by lenin, became the first communist nation in history. russian citizens, who were starving and poor, became angry at the ruling class who held all of the nation’s wealth. 1 2 3 4