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How was portia treated in shakespeare play The Merchant of Venice?
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Portia was treated in a rather peculiar way by her father who left his vast estate to her on the condition that she could only marry, and was obliged to marry, a suitor who picked the correct casket of the three. How Portia felt about the suitor was irrelevant. This was hardly fair to Portia who could well have been saddled with one of the undesirable suitors she describes to Nerissa in Act 1.
Apart from her father, everyone else treats her rather well. Bassanio dotes on her. She has no difficulty getting the fake credentials which enable her to impersonate a lawyer from a lawyer friend of hers.
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The quality of mercy is not strained speaker?
These are words spoken by Portia in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, Act 4 Scene 1
Which Shakespeare play features Shylock?
You will find Portia and Shylock in the play of Hamlet.
What was Shakespeare's female advocate called?
Portia in The Merchant of Venice disguises herself as a lawyer named Balthasar.
How many times was a character named Portia in a Shakespeare play?
There's a Portia in Julis Caesar (Brutus's wife) and Portia is also the name of a main character in The Merchant of Venice.
In a merchant of Venice who is cato?
Portia's father
The quality of mercy is not strained speaker?
These are words spoken by Portia in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, Act 4 Scene 1
Which Shakespeare play features Shylock?
You will find Portia and Shylock in the play of Hamlet.
What was Shakespeare's female advocate called?
Portia in The Merchant of Venice disguises herself as a lawyer named Balthasar.
How many times was a character named Portia in a Shakespeare play?
There's a Portia in Julis Caesar (Brutus's wife) and Portia is also the name of a main character in The Merchant of Venice.
Who was the heroine in The Merchant of Venice?
Portia.
Who was the heroine of merchant of Venice?
Portia
Was portia from England or Venice in The Merchant of Venice?
Neither. She was from Belmont.
In a merchant of Venice who is cato?
Portia's father
The quality of mercy is not strained it droppeth from heaven like the gentle rain.What Shakespearian play is this from?
"The quality of mercy is not strained..." is from The Merchant Of Venice (Act 4, scene 1) By William Shakespeare.: )
What does the name Portia mean?
Probably originally the diminutive of Alfonzia, meaning noblewoman, made popular by William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
IS PORTIA A GOD?
No. You ask perhaps because most of the celestial bodies are named after mythical gods. But the moon of Uranus, of which Portia is one, are all named after characters in Shakespeare's plays. Portia is in the 'Merchant of Venice'.
What kind of house does Portia live in?
Portia from the Merchant of Venice lives in Belmont.
