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Before we even meet Portia, we hear about how desirable she is: "In Belmont is a lady richly left, / And she is fair" (1.2.168-169). Translation: Portia is rich and hot, which makes her the most eligible bachelorette in Belmont.
The heiress to her dead father's fortune, Portia's wealth makes her a meal ticket in the eyes of Bassanio, who sees Portia as the answer to all his financial woes—if he can marry her that is. As Bassanio points out, he's not the only guy who'd like to land the heiress: "Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth, / For the four winds blow in from every coast / Renownèd suitors" (1.2.174-176) willing to risk everything for a chance to marry Portia.
Gee, it sounds like Portia's got a perfect life, right? Not so fast.
Not only is every potential suitor out to get his hands on Portia's wealth, but Portia doesn't even get to choose her husband, because her (dead) dad set up a little contest ("lottery") involving three caskets to ensure his little princess married the "right" man. (If you need to brush up on the casket contest, go to the "Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory" section, but then come right back.) It turns out that Portia's dad knew how attractive Portia would be as a rich, single girl, so he did what any wealthy 16th-century Shakespearean father would and made sure his only daughter would marry the man of his choosing.
P.S. We've seen some pretty controlling fathers in Shakespeare's plays (Polonius and Baptista, we're talking about you) but this takes the cake, given that Portia's dad manipulates his daughter's marriage from beyond the grave.
As you can imagine, Portia is not happy about this at all and says as much to her BFF, Nerissa:
O me, the word "choose!" I
may neither choose who I would nor refuse who I
dislike. So is the will of a living daughter curbed by
the will of a dead father. Is it not hard, Nerissa, that
I cannot choose one, nor refuse none? (1.2.22-26)
Notice the repetition of the word "choose" in this passage? Portia's point is pretty clear—as "a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father," she's still not independent of her dad's control—even if the guy's dead, Portia is still expected to obey his wishes.
But the thing to know about Portia is that she's not just a pretty face with a big bank account and a desire to obey her dead dad. As the play develops and we see Portia in action, it becomes pretty clear that our girl is both smart and cunning. Of course, you'll be wanting some evidence for this claim, so here it is.
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