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11 August, 23:14

In the Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, what were some of the most important quotes by the characters and why?

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  1. 12 August, 01:05
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    I love Shakespeare!

    And what is music then? Then music is

    Even as the flourish when true subjects bow

    To a new-crowned monarch ...

    I stand for sacrifice; The rest aloof are the Dardanian wives,

    With bleared visages come forth to view

    The issue of th'exploit. Go, Hercules.

    Live thou, I live.

    -Portia

    it is pretty much saying that Portia, giving a speech to Bassanio before he chooses his casket. She gives him music in order to suggest that her rhymes are hinting at the lead casket.

    I am here to be sacrificed - she as an individual is destroyed to save her father's estate. Here future is a function of the value of the estate. It remains to be seen whether is willing to be sacrificed or not.

    She compares Bassanio to Hercules - who will save her. This is a complimetn however she references him as a fortune hunter by mentioning this. By saving Troy, Hercules got not the maiden but the horses of her father.
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