Jessica (The Merchant of Venice) misfortune, is unable to repay and is subjected to an onerous default (a literal "pound of flesh" cut from his body). In addition, the play contains subplots regarding Bassanio's courtship of Portia; Launcelot Gobbo's humorous interactions with his father, and his change of allegiance from Shylock to Portia and Bassanio; and Jessica and Lorenzo's elopement, with Shylock's casket of Ducats. The role of Jessica is a relatively minor one. She speaks a grand total of 660 words over the play's five acts. In the dramatic structure of the play, the role is, however, pivotal: her elopement with Lorenzo, and her
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