Merchant of Venice. - Repositories

SCENE 4.] NOTES X7J
this word has already been used in the play. You will find
still other meanmgs later on.
1. 20. semblance of my soul. Semblance refers to Antonio;
tay soul refers to Bassanio,
1. 22. p: ising t myself. Is Portia just to herself?
L 33. imposition. Where in I., ii., did Nerissa use the word
m'th: same sense as it is used here ?
1. 36. fair. Does Lorenzo mean just f
1, 52, imagined. Imaginable. The past participle in -ed is
often used in Shakespeare for the adjective in -a&Ze.
1. 53. tranect. Common ferry.
L 56, convenient. Was conveniently used with a similar
meaning in II., viii., 45 ?
1. 69. quaint. Skilful. Where was quaintly used with a
similar meaning in IL, iv, ?
1.72. I could not do withal. "I could not help it.'^
(Halliwell.)
1.83, twenty miles. Did Portia, then, tell a falsehood in
lines 31, 32, above ?
11.1-83. Does Portia in this scene seem *' unpractised " ? Is
she here more of a girl or more of a woman ? Do you think
that Portia's plans for going to Venice originated with herself
or with Bellario ? Would a girl in her position often have had
occasion to consult a lawyer before ? Compare the manner in
\fhiQji Poyti^ ^^,Ild Jegsica regard their disguise as boys. Wh^t