Read the passage from act 4, scene 3, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Which statement best describes how an element of
tragedy in this excerpt reveals the theme that
uninformed decisions lead to tragic ends?
Abel
BRUTUS No man bears sorrow better. Portia is dead.
CASSIUS. Ha! Portia?
BRUTUS. She is dead.
CASSIUS. How scaped I killing when I crossed you
so?
O insupportable and touching loss!
Upon what sickness?
O Brutus's decision to join the conspiracy has led to a
catharsis, Cassius making him angry
O Brutus's decision to join the conspiracy has led to a
catastrophe, Lepidus being disgarded by Antony
and Octavius
O Brutus's decision to join the conspiracy has led to a
tragic flaw, Cassius making him angry.
O Brutus's decision to join the conspiracy has led to a
catharsis, the confrontation of Antony and Octavius
BRUTUS. Impatient of my absence,
And grief that young Octavius with Mark Antony
Have made themselves so strong—for with her death
That tidings came. With this, she fell distraught,
And, her attendants absent, swallowed fire.
CASSIUS
so?