The merchant of Venice: PORTIA

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  • Created on: 28-01-17 14:38
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  • 8~ characters ~ Portia
    • bound by her father's will to marry man who chooses correct casket
      • "I neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike"
      • "lottery of my destiny"
        • destiny is not her choice - birth lottery; not happen to a man
    • different from society's expectations of women
      • witty and quick thinking (describing suitors)
      • mocks Bassanio for losing ring
        • says she will sleep with lawyer Balthazar
        • in control of relationship
    • racist attitude
      • Prince of Morocco has "the complexion of a devil"
    • Loves Bassanio
      • submissive towards him
        • "her lord, her governor, her king"
        • "Myself and what is mine, to you and yours / Is now converted"
      • nervous when he chooses a casket
        • "I stand for sacrifice"

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