Name the six suitors given in the Play The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare and give two characteristics of any two suitors described by Portia
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The first six suitors come to Belmont, and after they depart, Portia speaks with Nerissa about them.
1. The Neapolitan Prince
2. The Count Palatine
3. Monsieur Le Bon
4. Falconbridge
5. The Scottish lord
6. The young German, a nephew of the Duke of Saxony
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These six suitors don't appear in the play, but Portia paints a very clear picture of each of them.
Portia describes the Neapolitan prince as a man who "doth nothing but talk of his horse" and that "he can shoe him himself" (1.2.37-38).
The Palatine count "doth nothing but frown...being so full of unmannerly sadness" (1.2.41- 45).
The French lord, Monsieur Le Bon? "God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man" (1.2.50).
As for Falconbridge, the English baron, Portia finds it impossible to converse with him in any of the languages that she knows. He also dresses poorly, in mismatched clothes from Italy, France, and Germany. (1.2.61-67)
The Scottish lord appears to lack courage, runs from a fight while threatening retaliation, and borrows money that he doesn't repay. (1.2.70-73)
Portia's opinion of the Duke of Saxony's nephew is that he behaves "Very vilely in the morning, when he is sober; and most vilely in the afternoon, when he is drunk" (1.2. 76-77). At his best, she says, "he is a little worse than a man," and at his worst "he is little better than a beast" (1.2.78-79).
Nerissa also mentions Bassanio, not as a suitor, but as a visitor to Portia's home when Portia's father was still alive.
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