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Act 2 Scene 3
Context

Jessica’s
character

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Disobeyed her
father therefore it
doesn’t conform
with the society

Appears to be
unhappy about
how she is living
She doesn’t want
to turn out like her
father
‘I am not to his
manners’

Act 2 Scene 5
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Prejudice against
Jews
‘The difference of
old Shylock and
Bassanio’
Secretive
Covers up her plan
to escape
‘His words were
‘Farewell mistress;’
nothing else’

Act 2 Scene 6
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Jessica’s
relationship
with Portia

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Jessica’s
relationship
with Lorenzo

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Jessica has
disobeyed her
father and doesn’t
want him to see
her do it again
‘I would not have
my father see me
in talk with me’
Portia was thinking
about disobeying
her father

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She is willing to
give up her religion
and betray her
father to become
Lorenzo’s wife

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Both imprisoned by
their father
‘Lock up my doors’
Portia’s portrait is
locked up in one of
the caskets

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Jessica is escaping to
be with Lorenzo
Her and Launcelot
discuss where they
will meet
‘Look out at window,
for all this, there will
come a Christian

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Patriarchal society
Dowry – money from
the husband but
Jessica and Lorenzo
use Shylock’s money
Role of women
Uncertain about
becoming a Christian
Ashamed to be
Shylock’s daughter
and being a Jew
‘For I am much
ashamed of my
exchange’
‘What, must I hold a
candle to my
shames?’
Jessica hides herself
with her father’s
money and Portia is
also left with her
father’s money
Both females have
the money which is
unusual in that
society
‘I will make fast the
doors, and gild
myself’
Strong relationship
Lorenzo seems more
committed in his
relationship with
Jessica than Bassanio
is with Portia

Act 2 Scene 8
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Women being
objectified

Act 5 Scene 1
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Objectified
Appears to have the
same value as
money
‘My daughter! O my
ducats! O my
daughter!’

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Both lost a father
Jessica betrayed her
father to become
Lorenzo’s wife
Portia followed her
father’s will and
became Bassanio’s
wife

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They are seen
together in the
streets
‘Lorenzo and his
amorous Jessica’

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Patriarchal society
Events do not
conform to what we
expect in this society
Role of women
Secretive about her
emotions
Similar personality as
Portia

Jessica is rebellious
but Portia is obedient
Jessica and Portia are
both controlled by
their father

Jessica is unsure
about their
relationship
The myths they talk
about may be
foreshadowing their
future

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boy, will be worth a
Jewess’ eye’

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Language/
Imagery/
Symbolism

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Links to the
rest of the
play

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Epigrammatic
Rhyming couplet
‘If thou keep
promise, I shall end
this strife, become
a Christian and thy
loving wife’
Creates
suspense/drama
Portia was
debating whether
to obey her father
or not (A1 S2)

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Irony
Jessica is told to
guard the house
from burglars but
she is the one
stealing Shylock’s
treasure

Foreshadows what is
going to happen in
Act 2 Scene 6

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Act 1
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Sea imagery:
Links to Antonio’s
merchant ships and
A1 S1
‘ribs and ragged
sails’
Religious imagery:
‘prodigal doth she
return’
Bassanio describing
Portia (A1 S1)
Contrast between
daughters:
Jessica is disobedient
Portia is obedient
(A1 S2)

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Repetition
Adds effect
Animalistic imagery
‘As the dog Jew’

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Talks about the sea
Sea imagery (A1 S1)

Act 2
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Thisbe: Pyramus and
Thisbe were
forbidden to marry –
Jessica is a Jew and
Lorenzo is a Christian
Dido: Dido escaped
with her husband’s
treasure – Jessica
escaped with her
father’s treasure
Rings:
Occurring motif
Value
Links to caskets
Shylock was told that
she sold her mother’s
ring for a monkey but
we see her with the
ring at the very end

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