Venice is a city and Belmont is a country home.
Belmont is the Italian location of Portia's villa. The location has been identified as the Villa Foscari, on he banks of the river Brenta,
Venice represents civilization and order whilst Cyprus symbolizes barbaric actions and chaos.
After she left home she and Lorenzo went on a honeymoon, and after they had blown all their money, they ended up at Belmont.
As Luke Skywalker says, "She's rich." Or as Bassanio puts it, "In Belmont is a lady richly left." The key issue is, she's got money.
The first time she is mentioned by Bassanio in Act 1 Scene 1, he says, "In Belmont is a lady richly left . . ." He mentions her money before he even mentions her name.
Neither. She was from Belmont.
Venice and Belmont, Italy.
Venice is one hour in front of England.
Unsurprisingly, most of it is set in Venice. Part is also set in Belmont, a country estate not far from Venice.
Portia from the Merchant of Venice lives in Belmont.
Belmont is the Italian location of Portia's villa. The location has been identified as the Villa Foscari, on he banks of the river Brenta,
Scotland is in the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) zone, while Venice is in the Central European Time (CET) zone. The time difference between Scotland and Venice is usually one hour, with Venice being one hour ahead of Scotland.
Venice represents civilization and order whilst Cyprus symbolizes barbaric actions and chaos.
None, Both Switzerland and Italy are in the same time zone.
After she left home she and Lorenzo went on a honeymoon, and after they had blown all their money, they ended up at Belmont.
Which Alexandria and which Venice?
It is 6 hours later in Rome, Italy than on the US East Coast.