Read the passage from act 2, scene 1, of the tragedy of julius caesar. brutus. kneel not, gentle portia. . you are my true and honourable wife, as dear to me as are the ruddy drops that visit my sad heart. portia. if this were true, then should i know this secret. . tell me your counsels; i will not disclose 'em. i have made strong proof of my constancy, giving myself a voluntary wound here in the thigh. can i bear that with patience, and not my husband’s secrets? which tragic element reveals the theme that lying to one's spouse can lead to tragedy? portia's tragic flaw of lying to her spouse about her secrets leads to her death by suicide. brutus's tragic flaw of being easily manipulated leads to his lying to his wife and her suicide. brutus's catharsis of telling his wife how much he honors her leads to her death by suicide. portia's catharsis of wounding her thigh leads to her mistrust of her husband and death by suicide.

Mistakes of her lies that were addressed to her spouse about secrets

Explanation:

Portia was lying to her spouse about her secrets but not inappropriate way. Her lies were full of mistakes that were visible and that is what was leading her to death and tragic autodestruction. There is also a sense of guilt and bad feelings which were too much for Portia.

He is telling her that she is his true and honorable wife and that is hurting her a lot inside which is leading to death.

Portia's tragic flaw of lying to her spouse about her secrets leads to her death by sui cide.

Explanation:

William Shakespeare's tragic play "Julius Caesar" revolves around the death of Caesar and the subsequent fight for power among the remaining forces. The initial conspirators including Cassius and Brutus were also later killed in the story.

The character of Portia may have been a minor one, being rarely seen nor mentioned but as the wife of Brutus, she also acts as one of the influencing characters to her husband. She was seen imploring to her husband to reveal why he was acting strange and different in Act II scene i but then, in Act IV scene iii, Brutus reveals the death of Portia. This death of his wife may have grieved him but as the next scenes will reveal, he did not let it hinder his plans to go to war against the combined forces of Antony and Octavius.

The tragic element of Portia lying to her husband about her secret, that is, hiding the self-inflicted wound, seems to refer to the permanent wound of death that will be inflicted on her by her own husband's secret. Brutus did not reveal his secret to her and while being worried about the growing strength of Octavius and Antony, Portia killed herself. This concealing of her secret have led to her sui cide in the later scene.

- "these rights are natural and god-given to all men equally." (i disagree cuz i kind of think it's 'a' but who knows.)