What do you think of Portia?
1. Portia is filling out the common app essay and she needs to list 5 words that best describe her. What words does she choose? No text evidence needed.
2. Portia's teacher is filling out the recommendation portion of the common app, and her teacher needs to list 5 words that best describe Portia. What words does the teacher choose? You need to cite text evidence for the teacher's choices.
11 comments:
1) a.Fun b. caring c. invested d. commanding e.engaging
2) a.conniving (2.7.78-79) b. demeaning (2.1.13-14) c. commanding (2.9.16) d) self doubting (1.2.1-2)
e. conceited (1.2.1-10)
-Gray Downs
1. Portia would most likely call herself intelligent, elegant, commanding, intriguing, and courteous.
2. Portia's teacher would probably call her first, overdramatic, "By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world, (1.2.1-2). Here she is complaining about how hard her life is with all these suitors. Second they would say she is smart, "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do"(1.2.12-13). In this section where she is talking Portia shows how she is still well educated even if she shows it off in a vain sort of way. Third she would be called mean, "A gentle riddance! Draw the curtains, go" (2.8.78-79). In this scene after the Prince of Morocco leaves, she says some mean comments about him. Fourth she is vain, "His mother played false with a/ smith"(1.2.41-42). In this scene, when talking to Nerissa, she talks about how she is too good for all of her suitors. Lastly she would be called commanding, "Come draw the curtain, Nerissa" (2.9.83). She can be seen throughout commanding people to do things for her.
-Aidan
1) Patient, generous, empathetic, caring, friendly.
2)
Impatient: "Too long a pause for that which you find there" (2.9.52)
Manipulative: "Go, draw aside the curtains and discover / The several caskets to this noble prince. / Now make your choice" (2.7.1-3)
Indignant: "But if my father had not scanted me, / And hedg'd me by his wit to yield myself" (2.1.17-18)
Prejudiced: "If he have the condition of a saint, and the / complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me" (1.2.118-120) & "A gentle riddance! Draw the curtains, go. / Let all of his complexion choose me so" (2.7.78-79)
Self-pitying: "By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this / great world" (1.2.1-2).
- George
1. Portia would call herself polite, determined, reserved, obedient, and worthy.
2.
Self-centered: "If I could bid the fifth welcome with as good heart as I / can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his / approach" (1.2.116-118).
Rude: "I had rather be married to a death's head / with a bone in his mouth than to either of these" (1.2.48-49).
Irate: "A gentle riddance! Draw the curtains, go. / Let all of his complexion chose me so" (2.8.78-79).
Self-pitying: "To these injunctions everyone doth swear / That comes to hazard for my worthless self" (2.9.16-17).
Impatient: "No more I pray thee, I am half afear'd / Thou wilt say anon he is some kin to thee, / Thous spend'st such highday wit in praising him" (2.9.95-97).
-Renée
Portia would describe herself as: intelligent, patient, gracious, cultured, steadfast
Her teacher would describe her as:
Irreverent: "God made him and therefore let him pass for a man. / In truth, I know it is a sin to be a mocker, but he!” (1.2.52-53)
Complainer: "Is it not hard, Nerissa, that / I cannot choose one, nor refuse none?" (1.2.24-25)
Genuine: "In terms of choice I am not solely led / By nice direction of a maiden’s eyes.” (2.1.13-14)
Candid: "To offend and judge are distinct offices / And of opposed natures.” (2.9.60-61)
Self-deprecating: "To these injunctions every one doth swear / That comes to hazard for my worthless self.” (2.9.16-17)
Rebecca
1. Portia would most likely describe herself as: intelligent, loving, empathetic, benevolent, and obedient.
Her Teacher would most likely describe her as:
Self-deprecating : "To these injunctions every one doth swear / That comes to hazard for my worthless self” (2.9.16-17).
Contemptuous: "A gentle riddance. Draw the curtains, go / Let all of his complexion choose me so" (2.8.78-79).
Impatient: "Too long a pause for that which you find there" (2.9.52).
Honest: "To offend and judge are distinct offices, / And of opposed natures" (2.9.60-61)
Brash: "O, these deliberate fools! When they do choose / They have the wisdom by their wit to lose" (2.9.79-80)
Portia would say she is: cunning, intelligent, beautiful, caring, and driven.
A teacher might describe her as:
1) Racist: when Prince of Morocco chooses the wrong box she says in an aside, "A gentle riddance.—Draw the curtains, go.—/
Let all of his complexion choose me so," (2.8. 82-83) indicating that she wouldn't want to have someone of his skin tone marry her
2)Fake: "To these injunctions every one doth swear/ That comes to hazard for my worthless self" (2.9.16-17). It has been evident throughout the play that she thinks of herself highly but that when men come into the picture she depreciates herself to maybe be more attractive.
3)Egotistical: "Too long a pause for that which you find there" (2.9.55). She says this to Aaron who chose the wrong box, and seems to be completely disinterested in his fate which has befallen on him because of her. This is probably because she thinks of herself so highly.
Portia would describe herself as: Strong, Intelligent, Desirable, Picky, Clever
A teacher would describe her as:
Ruthless: "O, these deliberate fools! When they do choose / They have the wisdom by their wit to lose" (2.9.79-80) Portia mocks the Prince Aragorn as he fails to choose the correct casket.
Prejudiced: "A gentle riddance! Draw the curtains, go. / Let all of his complexion choose me so" (2.7.78-79). Portia did not want to marry the Prince of Morroco in part due to his different skin color and regional background.
Cunning: "There take it, prince, and if my form lie there, / Then I am yours" (61-62). Portia is almost goading the prince into picking the gold casket, which she knows does not contain the locket he wants.
Even-handed: "Yourself, renowned prince, then stood as fair / As any comer I have looked on yet / For my affection" (2.1.20-22). Portia sees her suitors as one and the same, and therefore gives them equal chance to gain her affection as stipulated in her father's will.
Passive: "To offend and judge are distinct offices, / And of opposed natures" (2.9.60-61). Portia does not wish to pass judgement on anything, and rather let things unfold before her.
Michael Legon
1) Superior, Intelligent, Caring, Friendly, Unique
2) Rude: "Go draw aside the curtains and discover the several caskets to this noble prince" (2.7.1-2).
Offensive: "To offend and to judge are distinct offices and opposed natures" (2.9.60-61).
Disrespectful: "O these deliberate fools! When they do choose, they have the wisdom by their wit to lose" (2.9.80-81).
Haughty: "No more, I pray thee. I am half afeared thou will say anon he is some kin to thee, thou spend'st such high-day wit in praising him" (2.9.96-98).
Ungrateful: "Too long a pause for what you found there" (2.9.53)
Sam Lyons
1. Portia would describe herself as:
Desirable, interesting, playful, ugh, relatable
2. Her teachers would use a lot of filler to embellish her redeeming qualities, like her patience, as she never interrupted Morocco or Arragon during their back and forth process of choosing a casket. They'd also label her articulate-- "To offend and judge are distinct offices, / And of opposed natures" (2.9.60-1)--and witty: "To these injunctions everyone doth swear / That comes to hazard for my worthless self" (2.9.16-7). However, that's where the compliments would likely come to an end, and they'd have to address her attitude. Words she associated with a variety of suitors include: "A colt indeed" (1.2.38-40), a "weeping philosopher... being so full of unmannerly sadness" (1.2.46-7). If the teacher was really trying to stretch it, he/she could even label Portia as profound: "If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, / chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages / princes' palaces. It would be a very un-passionate recommendation.
- Timmy
Portia would describe herself as sensible, intelligent, pragmatic, and, seductive.
A teacher might describe her as
1) two-faced:Contrasting "Go draw aside the curtains and discover
The several caskets to this noble prince" and "A gentle riddance. Draw the curtains, go.
Let all of his complexion choose me so"
2)Manipulative: "Thus hath the candle singed the moth.
O, these deliberate fools! when they do choose,
They have the wisdom by their wit to lose."
3)Barbed: "Thou wilt say anon he is some kin to thee,
Thou spend'st such high-day wit in praising him."
4)Enticing "There, take it, prince; and if my form lie there,
Then I am yours."
5)Goading "Too long a pause for that which you find there."
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