6 Portia Shakespeare Monologues
Here are 6 female Shakespeare monologues of the character Portia from the play The Merchant of Venice. More Shakespeare Audition Monologues.
- Portia (Act 1, Scene 2)
- Portia (Act 3, Scene 2)
- Portia (Act 3, Scene 2)
- Portia (Act 3, Scene 2)
- Portia (Act 3, Scene 4)
- Portia (Act 4, Scene 1)
1. The Merchant of Venice
Character: PORTIA
Location: Act I, sc. 2
First line: 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.
2. The Merchant of Venice
Character: PORTIA
Location: Act III, sc. 2
First Line: Away, then! I am lock’d in one of them: If you do love me, you will find me out.
3. The Merchant of Venice
Character: PORTIA
Location: Act III, sc. 2
First Line: You see me, Lord Bassanio, where I stand, Such as I am: though for myself alone I would not be ambitious in my wish, To wish myself much better;
4. The Merchant of Venice
Character: PORTIA
Location: Act III, sc. 2
First Line: I pray you, tarry: pause a day or two Before you hazard; for, in choosing wrong, I lose your company: therefore forbear awhile.
5. The Merchant of Venice
Character: PORTIA
Location: Act III, sc. 4
First line: They shall, Nerissa; but in such a habit, That they shall think we are accomplished With that we lack.
6. The Merchant of Venice
Character: PORTIA
Location: Act IV, sc. 1
First Line: The quality of mercy is not strain’d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
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