Jessica Quotes

Question 1

‘Our house is hell’

Answer 1

This shows how much she hates living there and also suggests that she has a difficult relationship with her father.

Question 2

‘Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father’s child!
But though I am a daughter to his blood,
I am not to his manners.’

Answer 2

Jessica is ashamed to be Shylock’s daughter and a Jew. Her main motive is to ‘end this strife’ which suggest that her main motive is to convert to be a Christian and escape her Jewish background. Jessica also speaks in poetry which makes her seem of a higher class despite being a Jew. This may foreshadow her becoming a Christian with higher status.