Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 1. Which statement best summarizes the conflict in this
passage?
PORTIA. Brutus, my lord.
BRUTUS. Portia, what mean you? Wherefore rise you
now?
It is not for your health thus to commit
Your weak condition to the raw cold morning.
PORTIA. Nor for yours neither. Youve ungently, Brutus,
Stole from my bed; and yesternight at supper
You suddenly arose, and walked about
Musing and sighing, with your arms across,
And when I asked you what the matter was,
You stared upon me with ungentle looks.
I urged you further, then you scratched your head,
And too impatiently stamped with your foot.
Yet I insisted, yet you answered not,
But with an angry wafture of your hand
Gave sign for me to leave you. So I did,
O Portia is upset because Brutus is behaving as if
something is wrong, and he will not talk to her.
O Brutus is concerned that Portia is awake so early in
her weakened state.
Portia is offended that Brutus waved her away with an
angry hand.
O Brutus is very sick, and Portia is worried that he will
die if he does not eat or sleep.