portia and calpurnia conversations their husbands serve as warning Brutus and caesar response to their wives reveal about their characters

Calpurnia has a dream in which she sees a statue of Caesar bleeding from multiple wounds, and begs him to stay at home the day he is killed. Caesar ignores her and goes to the Senate House anyway. Calpurnia's warning to Caesar is yet another sign that Caesar choses to dismiss. Portia proves her courage and strength by stabbing her thigh with a dagger in order to force Brutus to tell her about the plot to kill Caesar. Both wives need to use extreme actions or imagery to council their husbands. This speaks to the hubris than men in power feel when it comes to their decisions about power and their own vulnerabilities.