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Comedies of William Shakespeare: The Merchant Of Venice: Act 2

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Lippman, Laura
Affiliation: Department Of English, Harvard University

The Merchant Of Venice: Act 2

Act Two, Scene One

Back in Belmont, the Prince of Morocco (described in the stage direction
as a "tawny Moor all in white") is pressing his suit to Portia. He explains
that his skin is dark because of the climate of his country and hopes that she
will not object to him on that account. The blood that runs in his veins, he
assures her, is redder than that of "the fairest creatures northward born,"
and the most beautiful ladies of Morocco ...

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