Talk:Portia (The Merchant of Venice)

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Modern English[edit]

This is currently one of the best plays of shakespear and yet we destroy it by making it in modern english.Shakespear wrote it like that for reason:So then it will be the only play written in parrelel classic english —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.158.76.191 (talk) 10:20, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good grief... what are you trying to say? Given you can't manage basic English, why are you worrying about "Shakespear" [sic]?

Cultural references[edit]

In 1986, a moon of Uranus was named after Portia (see Uranus' natural satellites). A version of the character has even appeared in the Mirror Universe of Star Trek.

I'm not sure what the Star Trek character is referencing - does the character of Portia appear, or the moon named Portia? Is the Star Trek reference really noteworthy?

SteveSuth (talk) 10:08, 8 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A star trek reference in a Shakespeare article?? Demented; and definitely not necessary. Perhaps conceivable the other way round...

Anyways, the whole internet isn't large enough to contain every potential Star Trek reference invented by the star trek nuts.

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Why does Bassanio seek a loan from Antonio[edit]

Why does Bassanio seek a loan from Antonio? 2402:8100:22E2:14C0:1B53:2BF2:F470:8814 (talk) 02:26, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bassanio was head over heels for Portia, so much that he had to take a loan from Antonio to travel to Belmont. Bassanio did not have enough funds to pay a visit to Portia and court her. So, Bassanio seeks a loan from Antonio who then loans the required money from Shylock. AdritaRosy (talk) 11:33, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]