Which character says Cowards die many times before their deaths. The brave experience death only once?

• A. Brutus
• B. Antony
• C. Caesar
• D. Calphurnia

Answer: (C)

This line pits fear against courage and uses a vivid contrast to express a specific stance on death. It shows a speaker who believes that worrying about death—being a coward—brings many small “deaths” before the final one, whereas a brave person faces death only once.

The line is spoken by Julius Caesar in Act II, Scene II, when his wife Calphurnia urges him to stay home because of ominous dreams. Caesar dismisses the fear of what might happen and asserts that true bravery means not dwelling on death, since the valiant “never taste of death but once.” This moment reveals Caesar’s self-assurance and how he interprets fate and danger, a mindset that ultimately contributes to his decision to go to the Senate and meets his actual murder.

The other characters listed do not utter this exact line in this moment; it is a distinctive expression of Caesar’s attitude, not Brutus’s, Antony’s, or Calphurnia’s.