what comparison does portia find between Antonio and husband the sanguine and how has she came to the conclusion
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Discuss Portia’s character. How does she compare to the men around her? Is Bassanio a worthy husband for her?
Portia has no comparison in the Merchant of Venice. There is no one who truly matches her wit and energy. She likes Bassanio, a Venetian scholar and soldier who had visited them while her father was alive. Portia is a witty and energetic young woman like most of Shakespeare’s heroines. In the initial scenes of the drama, Bassanio mentions her as a beauty with golden locks of hair running down her forehead. She has inherited a big fortune and is as rich as the Roman beauty Portia, the wife of Brutus. Her wealth and beauty are famous and important people from all over the world are competing to win her hand. Bassanio has seen love in her eyes. He worries that only if he had enough money, he would have married her. Surrounded by men trying to win her, Portia only considers Bassanio suitable. She is intelligent and the only character with the intelligence to foil Shylock’s plan. Most of the suitors having come to marry her are devoid of the traits she wants in her husband. Portia tells Nerissa about her dilemma and the lottery her dying father has left behind. She is bound by her father’s wish or she could choose Bassanio of her own free will.
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