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- Bassanio is clear in declaring his feelings for Portia and uses emphatic language to stress just how much he loves her.
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Bassanio’s success in solving the riddle indicates his worthiness as a suitor for Portia. Even though Bassanio exploits his friendship with Antonio by constantly borrowing his money, Bassanio’s reaction to Antonio’s misfortune reveals the love he has for his companion.
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He explains that this new suitor appears polite, wealthy,...
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When Bassanio arrives, however, Portia proves herself to be...
- Antonio
Further evidence of the nature of Antonio’s feelings for...
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Portia is not at all keen on most of the men who have tried to win her, however she does fall in love with Bassanio. Ultimately she plays an essential role in ensuring that Antonio’s life is saved, as she prevents Shylock from claiming his ‘pound of flesh’.
In The Merchant of Venice, the love between Portia and Bassanio is portrayed with complexity and imbalance. Bassanio is drawn to Portia partly due to her wealth, describing her as "richly...
What does Bassanio do to impress Portia? We’ve started to think below about how Bassanio makes Portia fall in love with him. See if you can complete the grid to make four points that could answer this question.
After Bassanio finally chooses the correct box, Portia describes her true feelings of love for Bassanio to the audience. She reveals the excitement of new love and appears to be almost bubbling over with joy and happiness.
The central romantic relationship of the play is that between Bassanio and Portia. Their marriage is paralleled by several others: the elopement of Shylock's daughter, Jessica, with the Christian, Lorenzo; and the marriage of Portia's servant, Nerissa, to Bassanio's companion, Gratiano.
Bassanio is the merchant Antonio’s “intimate friend” and the wealthy heiress Portia’s favored suitor. A young nobleman of Venice, Bassanio admits to living beyond his means. This has forced him...
