Jessica (The Merchant of Venice) Jessica (The Merchant of Venice) Jessica is the daughter of Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" (). In the play, she elopes with Lorenzo, a pennyless Christian, and a chest of her father's money, eventually ending up in Portia and Bassanio's household. In the play's dramatic structure, Jessica is a minor but pivotal role. Her actions motivate Shylock's vengeful insistence on his "pound of flesh" from Antonio; her relationships with Lorenzo and Shylock serves as a mirror and contrast to Portia's with Bassanio and with her father; her conversion to Christianity is the end of
S&S 34 and Jesse Martin in "Lionheart" (1999-2000). Sixteen-year-old Australian Jessica Watson completed a round the world trip in the S&S 34 "Ella's Pink Lady" on May 15, 2010. Quadriplegic sailor Jamie Dunross completed a circumnavigation of Australia in his S&S 34 "Spirit of Rockingham" on 25 July 2010. Similar sailboats S&S 34 S&S 34 is a cruising and racing fibreglass monohull sailboat class. It was based on a design by Olin Stephens from Sparkman and Stephens after a commission from British yachtsman Michael Winfield. The design features a skeg-hung rudder and a Bermuda rig with a large, overlapping headsail. The prototype