Comparing and contrasting charactre of jessica and portia
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Both Portia and Jessica are female characters.Both diguise as male,the former as the lawyer of the court and later as a Lorenzo's torch bearer.But the basic difference between them is that Portia, in Act1 Sc.2,said Nerissa that even if she lives as long as Sibylla ,she will live like Diana as she was bound by her father's will, where as Jessica did not listen to her father, Shylock and away with her father's money.
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Act 2 scene 3 highlights the contrast between Jessica and Portia in their loyalties to their fathers. Portia obeys her father even after his death by abiding his will, whereas Jessica betrays her father by forsaking him as well as his religion, to marry Lorenzo. However, Jessica cannot be totally blamed for her ingratitude. Portia's father was much concerned about his daughter's welfare and had devised the lottery of caskets to find an ideal life partner for her. On the other hand, Shylock his narrow minded and his house is a "hell" for his daughter. So, both their characters are justified.
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