CHAPTER VII

THE OTHER CHARACTERS 96

Antony—Pescetti’s Conception—Parallels in Shakespeare—The Brutus-Portia Scenes—Their Historical and Critical Importance—Pescetti’s Delineation of Portia—Her Place in the Action—Details Common only to Pescetti and Shakespeare—Calpurnia—Striking Parallel between one of her Speeches and one by Cassius in Shakespeare—The Remaining Characters.