Cassi’s Blog

If only people today could communicated in this Shakespearian jargon. Everyday conversations would be so much more amusing and poetic. It would make it a lot easier to understand the meaning behind what Shakespeare is trying to say if i new this lingo. I enjoy the comical aspect that is put into this play. I would love to see a production of this play on stage. I think that would give me a much better hands on feel with the story and the characters. That experience might make it easier to connect to the plot and punch lines of the play.

My favorite character is Portia. She has a lot of spunk and is very sassy and witty. I think the way that she will choose her husband is priceless and very well thought out. So far in the reading she has outsmarted every suitor. But now Bassonio is knocking at her door and i have the feeling that he is going to get the right casket. One prince, so far, has chosen the gold casket and hasn’t been chosen, and one prince has chosen the silver casket and not received Portia’s hand in marriage. On the flip side, I dislike Jessica very much for stealing from her father and running off to her elopement with Lancelot.