Portia answered him that his right choice of cascade

1. By
R. Vedha,
Assistant Professor Of English,
Bon Secours College for Women,
Thanjavur

2.  Prince Of Morocco expressed
 His Valour & Greatness to Portia
 And also his worth
 Is higher than
 Any other European Men

3.  Prince of Morocco Narrates
 He is dark
 Because of his
 Country’s weather
 And he requested Portia
 Not to judge him
 With his complexion

4.  Portia answered him that
 His right choice of cascade
 Will make him more worthier
 Than any of his values

5.  Portia remembered the Prince about
 The 2 conditions
 In her father’s will
 In choosing the Cascade
 And took him to the dinner

6.  Launcelot Gobbo the servant of Shylock
 Wished to escape from his master
 For 2 reasons:
 As Shylock is a Jew &
 Shylock is like a Devil in Behavior

7.  Old Gobbo – the father of Launcelot
 Who is a blind man enters the scene
 Launcelot teased him that his son was dead
 And made some fun over his father
 Finally expressed the truth

8.  Launcelot then joined with Bassanio
 As his servant
 Gratiano and Bassanio planned to reach
Belmont to take part in the cascade contest

9.  Launcelot bids good bye to Jessica
 Who is like her
 Brother and
 Her close friend with tears

10.  Jessica gave the love letter
 Through Launcelot
 To lorenzo
 With a plan
 To elope with Lorenzo
 With the help of Lorenzo’s friends

11.  Jessica is guilt about her father
 She is his daughter
 Only by blood but
 Not in her actions
 She wished to escape by
 Marrying Lorenzo &
 Convert to Christianity

12.  Gratiano, Salarino & Solanio
 Discussed about the way
 To unite Lorenzo with Jessica

13.  Launcelot entered with Jessica’s letter
 Lorenzo expressed that Jessica
 Would disguise as
 Lorenzo’s torchbearer
 To escape from Shylock’s house

14.  Shylock warns Launcelot that Bassanio
wouldn’t be a kind master to him
 Launcelot couldn’t eat or sleep more
 As he had done in Shylock’s house

15.  Shylock instructed Jessica
 To keep the windows and doors closed
 And not to look at the
 rebel in the streats
 Launcelot silently expressed Jessica
 to disobey her father
 And she must
 Look forward for Lorenzo

16.  Salarino and Gratiano helped Lorenzo
 Jessica dressed as a page
 She throw a box of Jewels from the balcany
 Jessica Joined with Lorenzo
 Antonio informed Gratiano
 to Join with Bassanio
 Who is moving to Belmont

17.  Portia showed the 3 Cascades to
 Prince of Morocco
 Golden Cascade - “Who chooseth me shall
gain what many men desire”
 Silver Cascade - shall get as much as he
deserves”
 Leaden Cascade - “Who chooseth me must
give and hazard all he hath”

18.  Prince Of Morocco had wrongly chosen
 The golden Cascade which contained
 The human skull inside it
 He leave off after reading the poem
 Do not be attracted with the outward beauty
 Which made portia to feel happy

19.  Solanio expressed Salarino about
Shylock’s anger towards the loss of
His jewels, His daughter & his Ducats
Salarino expressed Solanio about the rumour of
Some ships being wrecked in the sea
Which might also includes Antonio’s ships

20.  Prince of Arragon attempted
 the cascade contest
 He had chosen
 The Silver cascade
 Which contained the
 Fool’s head inside
 And a poem which
 Stated that he is a fool too

21.  A servant enters and informed
 A young venetian came
 To take part in the cascade contest
 Portia guesses that
 It must be Bassanio
 Which made her to feel elated