Portia (The Merchant of Venice) play, she disguises herself as a man, then assumes the role of a lawyer's apprentice (named Balthazar) whereby she saves the life of Bassanio's friend, Antonio, in court. In the court scenes, Portia finds a technicality in the bond, thereby outwitting Shylock and saving Antonio's life when everyone else including Antonio fails. It is Portia who delivers one of the most famous speeches in "The Merchant of Venice": Despite Portia's lack of formal legal training, she wins her case by referring to the details of the exact language of the law. Her success involves prevailing on technicalities rather than the
Given name Sidney for a pivotal character in his epic prose work, "The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia"; Jessica, created by William Shakespeare in his play "The Merchant of Venice"; Vanessa, created by Jonathan Swift; Fiona, a character from James Macpherson's spurious cycle of Ossian poems; Wendy, an obscure name popularised by J. M. Barrie in his play "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up"; and Madison, a character from the movie "Splash". Lara and Larissa were rare in America before the appearance of "Doctor Zhivago," and have become fairly common since. Songs can influence the naming of children. Jude jumped