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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 suitors who came to Belmont were The Prince Of Morocco,The Prince Of Arragon, & Bassanio.Morocco chose the Gold Casket, Arragon chose the Silver casket, & Bassanio chose the Leaden Casket.Bassanio chose the correct casket which was lead.
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.
The conflict is between Antonio and Shylock but Shylock is hated by everyone in Venice because he was a Jew, so that's Bassanio, Portia and all the other people in the play
Bassanio needed the money to travel off to Belmont where Portia was, and also presumably to give himself the air of a man with much money by buying new clothes for himself and so on. This looks to me to be somewhat of a con job but Portia does not seem to mind when she presumably finds out that this guy with no credit rating at all got his friend to put himself in debt in the hope that he could ultimately pay it off with Portia's money. However, all the Christians in the play are stupid with money--just look at Lorenzo, who blew most of the money Jessica stole from Shylock.
He wants to marry her.
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 three main characters in the Merchant of Venice play are Antonio, Bassanio and Portia of Belmont.
The suitors who came to Belmont were The Prince Of Morocco,The Prince Of Arragon, & Bassanio.Morocco chose the Gold Casket, Arragon chose the Silver casket, & Bassanio chose the Leaden Casket.Bassanio chose the correct casket which was lead.
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.
The conflict is between Antonio and Shylock but Shylock is hated by everyone in Venice because he was a Jew, so that's Bassanio, Portia and all the other people in the play
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Bassanio needed the money to travel off to Belmont where Portia was, and also presumably to give himself the air of a man with much money by buying new clothes for himself and so on. This looks to me to be somewhat of a con job but Portia does not seem to mind when she presumably finds out that this guy with no credit rating at all got his friend to put himself in debt in the hope that he could ultimately pay it off with Portia's money. However, all the Christians in the play are stupid with money--just look at Lorenzo, who blew most of the money Jessica stole from Shylock.
The cast of Belmont Butts In - 1914 includes: Joseph Belmont as Belmont
The cast of Belmont Stung - 1913 includes: Joseph Belmont as Belmont
The address of the Belmont Library is: 1110 Alameda De Las Pulgas, Belmont, 94002 3583
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