Calpurnia
- Created by: Hannah Jeffery
- Created on: 17-05-14 08:59
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- Calpurnia
- letter to her aunt
- refers the Aunt as a model of devotion
- out of love for her brother and brought up his daughter for him
- she treated Calpurnia as if she was her own
- he praises his wife
- 'she is highly intelligent' and reads his books
- she is chaste and only has love for him
- she worried about him and when he's in court she sends for a messenger to see how its going
- she listens to him reading his work and praises him for it
- shows devotion because she soaks up his work
- she sits behind a curtain so now attention is taken from her away from his books
- she is musically talented
- she accompanies her self on the lyre as she sings his songs
- she sings out of love
- he believes their love is long lasting and will only grow stronger
- she is not love with his youth or body that will fade but his glory
- every quality that he praises her for he thanks her Aunt for given to her
- she learnt her goof morals and honesty from her
- she was also a part of his upbringing so he thanks her from helping him to become the person he is today
- due to the way she brought them both up they were made for each other
- letter to his wife
- he regrets that he could accompany her to Campania
- she's gone away because in Campania it is cool and is away from fumes and heat
- pliy couldn't go due to his work (he was a lawyer)
- she could of gone away after her miscarriage
- he's desperate to see her and see if she Is getting better
- she wants to make sure she id getting stronger
- not being with her makes him anxious
- this is a sign of genuine love
- it also gives the impression that he is jealous and is worried about other men corrupting her
- he is also worried that she wont recover
- she tells him that her only comfort is when she holds his books
- he seeks comfort by reading her letters and when he re-reads them he pretends it is the first time he's read them
- he misses her greatly because he loves her and because he's not used to being apart from her
- he stays awake at nigh trying to imagine her with him
- he goes looking for her in her room even though he knows she's not there
- his only relief for his melancholy is trying his friends cases
- he regrets that he could accompany her to Campania
- Calpurnia's grandfather
- his wife has had a miscarriage
- he blames it on her youth and inexperience
- she didn't know she was pregnant
- she didn't take proper care of herself
- they're grateful that she's alive and that she's capable of caring a child
- he's desperate to have children
- due the the childs ancestors, easy path to office, well know name and established family tree he will have an easy life
- letter to her aunt
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