| KEY QUOTES:PORTIA | … |
| Act 1 Scene 2 – pg 23 | “I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike, so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.” |
| Act 2 Scene 9 – pg 91 | “Thus hath the candle signed the moth; o these deliberate fools! When they do choose, they have the wisdom by their wit to loose.” |
| Act 3 Scene 2 – pg 103 | “I pray you, tarry; pause a day or two before you hazard, for in choosing wrong I lose your company.” |
| Act 3 Scene 2 – pg 113 | “This house, these servants, and this same myself are yours, my lord! I give them with this ring, which when you part from, lose or give away, let it presage the ruin of your love, and be my vantage to exclaim on you.” |
| Act 3 Scene 2 – pg 119 | “What, no more? Pay him six thousand, and deface the bond.” |
| Act 4 Scene 1 – pg 149 | “Then must the Jew be merciful.” |
| Act 4 Scene 1 – pg 149 | “The quality of mercy is not strained.” |
| Act 4 Scene 1 – pg 157 | “Tarry a little; there is something else: this bond doth give thee here no jot of blood…” |
The Merchant Of Venice: Character Quotes- Portia
July 2, 2019