Read the excerpt below from act 4.3 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and answer the question that follows. MESSALA:For certain, [Portia] is dead, and by strange manner. BRUTUS:Why, farewell, Portia. We must die, Messala.With meditating that she must die once,I have patience to endure it now. Which value does Brutus illustrate in his reaction to his wife, Portia’s, death?

Brutus accepts that death is unavoidable and says that thinking about Portia’s eventual death has prepared him to endure it now. This calm, controlled acceptance of hardship illustrates stoicism. Grief is an understandable response to loss, but Brutus emphasizes patience and endurance rather than openly expressing sorrow.

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