character sketch of portia in 750words
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Portia is the heroine of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. A rich, beautiful, and intelligent heiress, she is bound by the lottery set forth in her father's will, which gives potential suitors the chance to choose between three caskets composed of gold, silver and lead. If they choose the right casket – the casket containing Portia's portrait and a scroll– they win Portia's hand in marriage. If they choose the wrong casket, they must leave and never seek another woman in marriage. Portia is glad when two suitors, one driven by greed and another by vanity, fail to choose correctly. She favours Bassanio, a young Venetian noble, but is not allowed to give him any clues to assist in his choice. Later in the play, she disguises herself as a man, then assumes the role of a lawyer's apprentice (named Balthazar) whereby she saves the life of Bassanio's friend, Antonio, in court.
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The following is your answer. I'm giving you only one example, it should help you well enough to write another one or two paragraphs before you go to the conclusion.
Portia is the female protagonist of the play. She is shown to be one of the strongest female characters created by Shakespeare who does everything to save Antonio from the villainous plot of Shylock. She is one of the Bard's most loved characters.She comes in and saves everyone in the play from themselves.
From the beginning of the play, the audience get to know Portia as a romantic heroine having extraordinary beauty and intelligence. She is tha lady of Belmont and has inherited much from her father. Bassanio describes her to Antonio as a lady who is rare and unattainable as the Golden Fleece. She is so beautiful that people from far and wide know about her and are pouring to Belmont to try their luck in the lottery of caskets eager to marry her, though taking part in the game and being unsuccessful leads the unsuccessful suitor taking a vow that he will remain celibate and will never ask any other maiden for marriage. This only further solidifies the claim that how well known she is for her beauty.
She is not only beautiful but also possesses extraordinary intelligence and values of relationships. After despairing over a parade of suitors whom she finds distasteful, Portia gets to marry her true love, Bassanio, who happily makes the correct choice. As Bassanio's best friend, Antonio, guaranteed the loan, Portia gives her new husband 6,000 ducats and asks him to immediately leave for Belmont to save Antonio.
Portia cross-dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio's life during the big trial scene.Her intellect finds expression in the court of the duke. Her remarkable presence in the trial scene makes us understand her true worth as we see that she is able to think and act quickly when the situation demands it.
The entire ring plot is Portia's idea, and she and Nerissa relish the prospect of the jest at their husbands' expense. She plays the role of the "angry wife" just as well as she played the role of the "learned young lawyer".
Shakespeare depicts in Portia a true typical Renaissance heroine who is well versed in classical mythology and literature, is cultured and refined , is fond of music, arts and moreover possessed intellect, wit and humour which are unmatched.
Hope it helps!
The following is your answer. I'm giving you only one example, it should help you well enough to write another one or two paragraphs before you go to the conclusion.
Portia is the female protagonist of the play. She is shown to be one of the strongest female characters created by Shakespeare who does everything to save Antonio from the villainous plot of Shylock. She is one of the Bard's most loved characters.She comes in and saves everyone in the play from themselves.
From the beginning of the play, the audience get to know Portia as a romantic heroine having extraordinary beauty and intelligence. She is tha lady of Belmont and has inherited much from her father. Bassanio describes her to Antonio as a lady who is rare and unattainable as the Golden Fleece. She is so beautiful that people from far and wide know about her and are pouring to Belmont to try their luck in the lottery of caskets eager to marry her, though taking part in the game and being unsuccessful leads the unsuccessful suitor taking a vow that he will remain celibate and will never ask any other maiden for marriage. This only further solidifies the claim that how well known she is for her beauty.
She is not only beautiful but also possesses extraordinary intelligence and values of relationships. After despairing over a parade of suitors whom she finds distasteful, Portia gets to marry her true love, Bassanio, who happily makes the correct choice. As Bassanio's best friend, Antonio, guaranteed the loan, Portia gives her new husband 6,000 ducats and asks him to immediately leave for Belmont to save Antonio.
Portia cross-dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio's life during the big trial scene.Her intellect finds expression in the court of the duke. Her remarkable presence in the trial scene makes us understand her true worth as we see that she is able to think and act quickly when the situation demands it.
The entire ring plot is Portia's idea, and she and Nerissa relish the prospect of the jest at their husbands' expense. She plays the role of the "angry wife" just as well as she played the role of the "learned young lawyer".
Shakespeare depicts in Portia a true typical Renaissance heroine who is well versed in classical mythology and literature, is cultured and refined , is fond of music, arts and moreover possessed intellect, wit and humour which are unmatched.
Hope it helps!
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