Merchant of Venice Blog#1

Portia's denunciation of her suitors gives us some insight into what she values in a partner. She dismisses Falconbridge, the English Baron because he doesn't speak the same language as her. Portia's doesn't like the nephew of the Duke of Saxony because he drinks to much, "Very vilely in the morning, when he is sober, and most vilely in the afternoon, when he is drunk." (1-2, 86) She doesn't like the Neapolitan because he is immature and too boastful of himself and his horse. The Frenchman is disliked by Portia because he is trying to hard to outdo everyone else and is all over the place. Basically what Portia is saying that she wants a man who speaks her own language, doesn't indulge himself with liquor, humble, and doesn't try to hard to impress her with his skills.