Give an account of the episode of the rings in Chapter , Merchant of Venice
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Knowing about ill luck of Antonio, Portia at once asks Bassanio to hurry to help his noble friend. So first they are married and then Portia gives him gold to repay the debt twenty times over. Antonio must be saved at any cost. As Bassanio and Gratiano leave for Venice, Portia and Nerissa give them rings with instructions that they should not give the rings to anybody else under any circumstances.
In the court Portia conducts the case with great skill. She finally succeeds in defeating Shylock and saving the life of Antonio. Because of this, both Antonio and Bassanio feel deeply obliged to the young judge. They wish to make some gift to her in return for the service he has done them. First the judge refuses any offer, but after a great insistance, she asks—Bassanio for the ring he is wearing. Bassanio does not agree to give ring as he has promised his wife to keep it safe. Portia leaves Antonio and Bassanio in an unhappy mood. Then Antonio, as he was much obliged to the judge, requests Bassanio to send the ring after her. Bassanio agrees and sends the ring. Nerissa also succeeds in persuading Gratiano to give her the ring which she had given to him with an oath.
When Bassanio and his friends arrive in Belmont, Nerissa pretends to notice that Gratiano’s wedding ring is missing from his finger. So a quarrel starts and she blames Gratiano of not really loving her. Portia also comes to know that the ring given by her to Bassanio is also missing. So she also starts quarrelling. The pretended quarrel over two rings continues for sometime. Then Antonio intervenes and takes the blame on him. Then Portia returns Bassanio’s ring to him and reveals that it was she who had been dressed as a judge and it was Nerissa who had been her clerk. Thus the clerk. Thus the mystery of how the rings came into the possession of Portia and Nerissa is cleared. Thus the whole plot of the play is connected with the story of rings in some way or the other.
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