Act 3 Scene 2
Why does Portia want Bassanio to delay his choice?Because Portia does not want Bassanio to choose the wrong casket and not marry Portia.
What makes Bassanio choose lead over the silver and gold caskets?
Find the quotes in the text to support your thinking.
Quote:
What does Portia’s speech A3S2 L166-174 reveal about the expected roles of a woman in marriage?
Portia is saying that if a am I woman that does not mean that I am stupid.
Because Bassanio thinks every other guy who has come must have chosen gold to represent Portia and gold is decieving, and he didn't choose silver either because silver is to common and Bassanio chose lead because it's humble.
Quote:
The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore then, thou gaudy gold,
Hard food for Midas, I will none of thee.
Nor none of thee, thou pale and common drudge
'Tween man and man. But thou, thou meager lead,
Which rather threaten’st than dost promise aught,
Thy paleness moves me more than eloquence,
And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!
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What does Portia’s speech A3S2 L166-174 reveal about the expected roles of a woman in marriage?
Portia is saying that if a am I woman that does not mean that I am stupid.
What did Gratiano’s and Nerissa’s wish to marry depend on?
Portia.
Portia.
How does Portia know that the letter contains bad news?
She saw Bassanio's face fall and turn pale.
She saw Bassanio's face fall and turn pale.
What help does Portia offer straightaway?
x3 the original amount.
x3 the original amount.
Why do we not expect this help to be successful?
The law won't allow it because it is past the due date.
The law won't allow it because it is past the due date.
Do you think Portia would still be in love with Bassanio if she knew he had lied about his wealth?
Yes because she fell in love with him before he chose a casket.
Yes because she fell in love with him before he chose a casket.
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