Portia

there is lots of concrete evidence backing up his case. As Lawyer 2A presented, Portia, disguised as Doctor Bellario, is actually from Belmont rather than Venice, which makes her an alien to the case at hand. Lawyer 1A shows us that in the text that claims Portia and Nerissa both fake their identities saying “Here is a letter; read it at your leisure./ It comes from Padua from Bellario./ There you shall find that Portia was the doctor, Nerissa was her clerk” (5.1.266-269). Being

Shakespeare uses the character, Portia, to display that even when you do love someone you do not always have full trust in them. Portia, despite her love for Bassanio, tested the loyalty and trustworthiness of her husband. She dosesn't know if she can fully trust him to keep the vows and the promises he made, in marrying her and to the ring of their love, in his time of trouble. When Bassanio leaves to try to save Antonio from his debt, Portia begins to talk to Nerissa and hatching a plan: “Come

If you had pleased to have defended it With any terms of zeal, wanted the modesty To urge the thing held as a ceremony?” (MV 5.1.199-206). Throughout her monologue, Portia explains why Bassanio should not have given away her ring. Refuting her own previous logic, Portia rebukes Bassanio for giving away her ring. One reason why Portia is angry is because the ring was a symbol of Bassanio’s love for her. Furthermore, one reason why

equated with gold, money, and jewelry. Portia resides in a trapped patriarchal society where her life revolves around the men who play her like a puppet. Ironically, men from both the living and the dead control her. From the beginning, Portia is bounded by the lottery set forth in her dead father’s will which gives potential suitors a chance to choose between three caskets: gold, silver, and lead. This act by her father is an objectification of Portia. Portia is made out to be a prize waiting to be

of the play revolves. By this test, Portia is also the protagonist, as without her, very little in the play would have remained the same. Had Bassanio not been in love with Portia, he never would have asked Antonio for the money to woo her and Antonio would not have entered into the bond with Shylock. Similarly, had the laws in the Court of Justice been interpreted by any other lawyer, it I likely that Antonio would have lost his life. At 588 lines, Portia also has more lines than any other character;

about. The women are banned from performing and instead their parts are played by young boys. The character Portia in the play stands out as an independent strong willed women. During the trial scene, Portia disguises herself as a man, along with the character Nerissa, to help Antonio and to prevent Shylock from collecting what is due, a pound of Antonio’s flesh. In the trial scene, Portia enters the courtroom as a unbiased legal authority, and is quick about explaining the loopholes in the contract

accepted by the community. However Portia, a rich woman who had previously been controlled by men, triumphs as she manipulates tricks and saves the lives of the men. We see how she is manipulated by men through her father, who though dead, still manages to control who she marries from his will. He states in his will that from three different caskets the suitors will have to chose, in each of which will contain either a letter to the suitor or a picture of Portia. In one of the three caskets, either

At first, it appears that Portia and Brutus have a combative marriage. The readers first meet Portia in Act II, scene I, page 11, line 242. She is up in the wee hours of the morning to confront Brutus about his odd behavior. The way Brutus reacts to Portia at first may seem hostile and discriminating; however, this is not the case. The reader can see that Brutus truly loved Portia as an equal to himself because Brutus is guarding his secret to protect Portia, and they’re relationship is much different

The character of Portia from William Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice has moved thousands of people throughout the centuries. Her beauty, grace, virtue, but most of all her mercy has captivated those who read or see her. The rich Lady of Belmont shows the gentlemen surrounding her what it means to truly be merciful. She radiates Christian mercy in a way no other character is able to in the play. What is mercy? According to the Oxford Dictionary, mercy is “clemency and compassion shown

In Scene 1, Portia converses with the Prince of Morocco very politely and even invites him to dinner before he chose the casket, which seems like she is in favour of having the Prince of Morocco as her suitor. However, in Scene 7, after he chooses the wrong casket and leaves, Portia says “A gentle riddance”, which shows us that she is very happy that the Prince of Morocco is not going to be her husband. Through these scenes, I learn about Portia’s gracious character and her tact in using her appearance