Merchant of Venice

Who was Portia?

1- Who was the portia? what were the conditions laid for her marriage according to her father's will?

2- Describe Antonio in own wards. How did Antonio prove to bea good & true friend of Bassanio?

3- Why didi Shylock want to take antonio's pound of flesh?

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Portia is a wealthy Christian heiress who must marry the man who chooses the correct casket with her picture in it. She later marries Bassanio and also plays the Doctor Balthasar who saves Antonio's life.

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