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The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice. Act 3, Scene 4 Rebecca, Carissa, Calvina & Jaclyn . Summary of Action. Lorenzo assures Portia that Antonio is worthy enough to help Bassanio and Antonio so inseparable that Portia believes saving her husband’s friend is no different than saving her husband

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The Merchant of Venice

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  1. The Merchant of Venice Act 3, Scene 4 Rebecca, Carissa, Calvina & Jaclyn

  2. Summary of Action • Lorenzo assures Portia that Antonio is worthy enough to help • Bassanio and Antonio so inseparable that Portia believes saving her husband’s friend is no different than saving her husband • Nerissa and Portia will reside in a nearby monastery, leaving Lorenzo and Jessica to rule the estate in their absence • They will dress up as the doctor (boys) in the court case • Portia sends Balthazar off to Doctor Bellario with a letter explaining

  3. Five Useful devices • Rule of Three • (Line 15)- Portia: • Of lineaments, of manners, and of spirit; • Rhyming couplet • (line 83-84)- Portia: • At the park gate; and therefore haste away • For we must measure twenty miles today. • Foreshadowing • (line 63-66)- Portia: • When we are both accoutred like young men • I’ll prove the prettier fellow of the two, • And wear my dagger with the braver grace, • And speak between the change of man and boy

  4. Five Useful devices 4. Sibilance • (Line 20-21)-Portia: • In purchasing the semblance of my soul • From out the state of hellish cruelty! • “state…cruelty” refers to the state to which the cruelty of Shylock has reduced him (Lorenzo) • Emphasizes the ‘deceitfulness’ of Shylock’s character • Repetition • (Line 45, 47, 51, 52 & 55)-Portia: • Thee • The use of thee in Portia’s monologue can be seen throughout the scene and represent Shakespearean Language

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