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Gender Inequality in
Merchant of Venice
- Portia
- Smart
- Even if she is smart, she
has many restrictions in life.
- VS
- VS
- Even if she is smart, she
has many restrictions in life.
- Marriage
- No freedom in choosing the
person she wants to marry to.
- Who has the chance to choose?
- Her suitors
- Males
- Morocco
- Arragon
- Neapolitan Prince
- County Palatine
- Monsieur Le Bon
- Falconbridge
- Duke of Saxony’s
Nephew
- Bassanio
- Morocco
- Males
- Her suitors
- Who has the chance to choose?
- No freedom in choosing the
person she wants to marry to.
- Antonio's Trial
- Portia had to
cross dress as a
male lawyer
- Why?
- A female's opinion will not be
accepted or even considered
- Her identity as a female will not be
accepted the court to attend the trial.
- She has an idea of how to save
Antonio, and only she can carry it
out, because she's smart.
- A female's opinion will not be
accepted or even considered
- Why?
- Portia had to
cross dress as a
male lawyer
- Rich
- Fair
- Sarcastic
- Smart
- Bassanio
- VS
- Not so clever
- He went to the trial of Antonio, but did not
manage to give any help because of his
intelligence level being not as high as Portia.
- He went to the trial of Antonio, but did not
manage to give any help because of his
intelligence level being not as high as Portia.
- Sweet talker
- Words are as
sweet as chocolate
- Words are as
sweet as chocolate
- VS
- Nerrisa
- VS
- Portia's lady-in-waiting.
- Cross dresses as a
lawyer's clerk to enter the
court.
- Her identity as a
female is not accepted
by the public.
- As a male, she would be
able to go into court and
act as Portia's assistant to
make the act more
convincing.
- Her identity as a
female is not accepted
by the public.
- VS
- Gratiano
- Garrulous and
coarse young man
- Besides talking rudely,
he could not help out at
the court at all.
- Garrulous and
coarse young man
- Lorenzo
- VS
- Best pals of
Bassanio and Antonio.
- VS
- Jessica
- Shylock's daughter that
converts to Christianity.
- First female to cross dress in
the story, Merchant of Venice.
- Why cross dress?
- By assuming the
form of a man, she
gains the
permission to walk
out of the house.
- Escape
from
Shylock's
grasp.
- Escape
from
Shylock's
grasp.
- Elope with Lorenzo.
- By assuming the
form of a man, she
gains the
permission to walk
out of the house.
- Why cross dress?
- She was only allowed to stay at
home, with little freedom and warmth.
- Shylock's daughter that
converts to Christianity.
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