How is brutus’ reaction to portia’s suicide an example of the philosophy of stoicism?

brutus is overwhelmed by emotion and cries because stoics value emotion over reason.
rather than being overwhelmed with emotion by her death, brutus controls his emotions in typical stoic fashion and continues planning his military strategy against octavius.
brutus refuses to continue planning the military strategy because stoics believe that another person’s death is not fate but a cruel consequence of life.
brutus feels nothing regarding portia’s death, which is a stoic value.

Rather than being overwhelmed with emotion by her death, Brutus controls his emotions in typical stoic fashion and continues planning his military strategy against Octavius.

When informed of Portia's suicide (who killed herself by swallowing hot coals), Brutus reacts in a very measured, controlled way. He is not overwhelmed with emotion. Instead, he asks for wine, and tells Cassius that he does not want to talk about Portia anymore. Instead, he wants to focus on his strategy against Antony and Octavius. This is a response typical of the philosophical ideas of stoicism.

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.