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Portia - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Nerissa counters by saying "You would be, sweet madam if your miseries were in the same audience as your good fortunes are"
        
        This shows the relationship between Portia and Nerissa, they seem to be quite friendly as Nerissa criques Portia.
      - Shows how the wealthy see there problems and how they bigger then they are.
  - - - Complexion of the devil -- is probably a reference to black skin as she is talking of the Prince of Morocco.
      - I had rather shrive me than wive me -- Shrive me, means listen to a confession.
        
        She doesn't want to marry him due to his race
- - - - "Let all his complexion chose me so"
        
        Complexion referring to skin color, again shows the eras atitudes to race, she wishes any further suitors who are black to fail the casket challange.
- - - - "I pray you, tarry: pause a day or two before you hazard, for in choosing wrong I lose your company"
        
        Unlike with the other suitors she wishes for him to stay
        
        The use of the word hazard puts something meaningful of the line, you don't hazard for something you don't care for or about
      - There is also a reference to Greek myths
        
        "But with much more love than young Alcides when he did redeem The virgin tribute paid by howling troy"
        
        Reference to Heracles and Helen of troy
    - - Very important for act 4 and 5
      - Token of her love
        
        Shows her happiness at the marriage
- - - - When Shylock refuses she says "The quality of mercy is not strained, it dropeth as the gentle rain from heaven, upon the place beneath"
        
        She talks of the value of mercy, the fact that it "dropeth as gentle rain from heaven", gives it a holy value, this idea that it is holy is backed up later on in her speech when she says "It is an attribute to God himself".
    - - As Shylock asks and stammers for a way out he asks to leave with his honor for which Portia replies "To be taken at they peril, Jew"
    - - Shylock showed no mercy to Antonio and so the characters see no reason why they should give him mercy
      - Telling him to beg is quite degrading
        
        Beg has negative, like he has been humiliated