Merchant of Venice Portia Analysis

The quality of mercy is not strain'd.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

Personalities:Wise, loyalty to her dead father, thoughtful, she has a jolly nature (joke with the ring, comment towards some of the people came for her),she has a care bear stare (give chance to everyone, even to shylock)

she has a jolly nature (joke with the ring, comment towards some of the people came for her)

God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.
In truth, I know it is a sin to be a mocker: but,...

I had it of him: pardon me, Bassanio;
For, by this ring, the doctor lay with me.

Loyal she wants to marry with whom she likes, but even so follows her dead father’s will

“Oh, me, the word ‘choose’! 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. Is it not hard, Nerissa, that I cannot choose one nor refuse none?

Wise,clever just with one single line, she changed everything that happened in the court so far. not to mention antonio was saved with the same line she used

“Tarry a little; there is something else. This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood; the words expressly are ‘a pound of flesh.’ Taken then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh; but in the cutting it, if thou dost shed one drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods are by laws of Venice confiscate unto the state of Venice”

Observant even though portia has no right to pick the husband, she wants to observe those who seek to marry her anyways

"I pray thee, overname them, and as thou namest them I will describe them; and according to my description level at my affection."