In this scene Brutus starts to talk about his plan for Caesars death. He desides it must be to kill him. In this speech he used a soliloquy. This was a big part of the story because we find out Brutus final decision. When Portia and Brutus talk and she asks him whats wrong, it's foreshadowing. It tells that something is about to happen, in scenes to come. By the way he acts shows he's up to something, and he ends up killing Caesar. There is also symbolism when Portia shows Brutus her scar, it is a symbol of loyalty to Brutus. She wanted to prove to Brutus she could stand the pain and help shoulder his problmes. Shakesphere shows Brutus as a man of affairs to the Roman government and a privite man to his felllow beings to his wife Portia.