What happens in act 4 scene 1 and 2 ?

• Antonio is brought before the Duke and the magnificoes of Venice to stand trial for failing to pay off his obligation to Shylock.

• Shylock tells the Duke that he has sworn by his Sabbath that he will take his pound of flesh from Antonio.

• Bassanio offers Shylock the six thousand ducats as repayment for the loan. Shylock refuses.

• Portia pretending to be a doctor named Balthasar.

• Portia asks if no one has been able to repay the amount, but since Shylock has refused the money there is nothing she can do to make him take it. She comments that she must therefore side with Shylock.

• Antonio's bosom is laid bare and Shylock gets ready to cut. Portia asks him if he has a surgeon ready to stop the bleeding once he has taken his pound of flesh. Shylock says, "I cannot find it. 'Tis not in the bond" (4.1.257).

• As Shylock is about to start cutting again, Portia says that the bond does not give him permission to shed Antonio's blood. The laws of Venice are such that if any Venetian's blood is shed, all the goods and lands of the perpetrator may be confiscated by the state.

• Bassanio and Graziano go to Portia and thank her profusely, and Bassanio offers the young doctor anything he wants. Portia decides to test her husband's trustworthiness, and asks him for the engagement ring, the ring which she made him vow never to part with. He refuses