Question

In truth, I know it is a sin to be mocker, but, hel - why, he hath
a horse better than the Neapolitan's; a better bad habit of frowning
than the Count Palatine; he is every man in no man; if a throstle
sing, he falls straight a-capering; he will fence with his own
shadow. If I should marry him, I should marry twenty husbands:
if he would despise me, I would forgive him, for if he loves me to
madness, I shall never requite him.
(i) What is Portia's attitude towards the man? Why is he accepted as a man? How does Portia
man? How does Portia compare him to the Neapolitan prince and the
County Palatine?

Answer 1

Answer: Here in this context, Portia is the speaker.

'He' is referred to County Palatine.He is a suitor who came to Portia with a marriage proposal.

Portia says that if she marries him it will be like marrying twenty husbands because he is every man in no man. 'Every man in no man ' is said because he do not have his own characteristics but have different man's characteristics.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

he hath

a horse better than the Neapolitan's; a better bad habit of frowning

than the Count Palatine; he is every man in no man; if a throstle

sing, he falls straight a-capering; he will fence with his own

shadow. If I should marry him, I should marry twenty husbands:

if he would despise me, I would forgive him, for if he loves me to

madness, I shall never requite him.

(i) What is Portia's attitude towards the man? Why is he accepted as a man? How does Portia

man? How does Portia compare him to the Neapolitan prince and the

County Palatine

Explanation:

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