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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.