Act 3 Sc ii Flashcards
What does portia pray for?
pause a day or two before you risk choosing the wrong casket. Stay a month or two before you try to win me.
Portias conflict
“something tells me but it is not love that I would not want to lose you. In case you do not understand me well but i do not have the freedom to express my emotions but can only think about them. I could help you to choose right, but that would break my oath. But if you fail it would make me think that i should have broken the oath. These naughty times puts barriers between the owners and their feelings.
Portias imagination
If you lose, I will make a swan like end, fading in the music and my eyes shall be the stream and the watery death bed for him.
If he wins, it will be like notes of trumpet when the loyal subjects bow down to the newly crowned king or the sweet sounds the bride-groom wake up to, to signify that their marriage day has come.
He is of more handsome presence than hercules and with much more love. The sacrifice is portia and the other woman in the surroundings are the dardanian wives
Song
Where is affection born? Is it in the heart or in the head? How is it nourished? Is it born in the eyes and after loving glances does the fancy love die where it is born?
Bassaios thoughts on outward appearances
Law- the tainted and corrupt and covered with a gracious voice, which hides the show of evil
Religion- a great sin will be justified by a grave face when they quote texts from scriptures to justify their wrongdoings, hiding in the grossness with fair ornaments
Cowards hearts are all false and are their souls are like stairs of sand, yet wear beards like hercules and frowning mars. Their livers are as white as milk.
Beauty- Cosmetics are purchased by weight, they try to change the natural features of their face and try to look the fairest of them all. The crisped snaked golden locks are usually a possession of another head.
Gold- Midas
Silver- its like a common slave passing from men to men
Lead- Its blunt message moves me more than eloquence
Portias portrait
Eyes riding on the balls of mine, lips parted by her sweet breath, her hair is drawn as beautiful locks of web which entraps the hearts of men. This is still far from the one irl
Where portia thinks she stands
i would wish to be 3x for 20x of what i am for you, 1000x more fair, 10,000x more rich to stand in your estimation. I have no education, unschooled, inexperienced but happy as i am not too old to not be able to learn, im not born dull to not learn and im happiest about my gentle spirit which is directed towards bassanio
portias thoughts after seeing bassanio read the letter
The contents takes away the color from his cheek, some friend must have died coz it is able to torn the complexion of such a constant man
bassanios standing
I am a gentleman but in worth im less than a beggar, my fortune is nothing, i engaged to a dear friend to his enemy to feed my means.
Places of antions ships
tripolis, mexico, england, libson, barbary, india
antonios letter
all my ships have been lost, my creditors are growing cruel, my estate is low, my bond to the jew has been forfeited, i am not in a state to pay hence i am impossible to live, al the debts between you and i have been cleared, my only wish is to see you before i die, but do as you please as if my love does not persuade you to come, pay no attention to my letter
