Question

How was the character of portia close to the women of elizabethan era?

Answer 1

she describes the quality of mercy as a divine blessing which benefits both the man who shows it and the one who recives it. but she forgets her plea of mercy when she forced schlock to part with is wealth and to be converted to be converted to christianity. this may be because in the elizabeth times such a punishment to the Jews was not considered as inhuman.