How does Bassanio describe Portia to his friend Antonio?
Answers
Answer:
Bassanio describes Portia fairer than the word fairer. He describes her as intelligent , wealthy and beautiful. He says that she is not inferior to Brutus' Portia. Her fame is spread throughout the world and many times he had recieved fair messages of love from her eyes.
Answer:
Bassanio describes Portia fairer than the word fairer. He describes her as intelligent , wealthy and beautiful. He says that she is not inferior to Brutus' Portia.
Her fame is spread throughout the world and many times he had received fair messages of love from her eyes.
Bassanio immediately refers to Portia's image as a "demigod" and describes the portrait as having beautiful moving eyes. Bassanio continues to elaborate on Portia's portrait by commenting on her sweet lips that resemble sugar and mentions that her hair looks like "A golden mesh t' entrap the hearts of men." Bassanio is amazed at the painter's ability to create such perfect eyes without being mesmerized by Portia's beautiful stare. Despite the portrait's beauty and accuracy, Bassanio mentions that it is a "shadow" compared to Portia's physical being.
Regards !