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He is a friend of Bassanio, Antonio, & Gratiano

He is in love with Jessica

He is a romantic, poetic

He speaks of the one he loves more about her smarts than her looks

He plots with Jessica to sneak her out of Shylock's house and they also take some of his jewels & money.

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Gratiano is another resident of Venice and friends with Lorenzo and Bassanio. He is also Nerissa's future husband.

To fit his personality, I imagine Gratiano dresses in a more stand-out, flashy style for the time.

Bold, lively, and wild.

Assists Lorenzo in helping Jessica escape from her home and Shylock to marry Lorenzo and steal the gold/jewels.

Accompanies Bassanio to Belmont in order to marry Nerissa.

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Portia is the daughter of a very wealthy man that devised a challenge for suitors to marry Portia.

She has Sunny locks like a golden fleece.

She is Picky and family-orientated.

Men choose the Lead, Gold, or Silver casket so that they can marry her.

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Salarino is a resident of Venice, and he is friends with Antonio, Lorenzo, and Solanio.

Business-casual attire, but rarely seen without Solanio at his side.

Loyal, observant, and reliable.

Discovers that Antonio lost some of his merchant ships at sea from informants with Solanio.

Assists Lorenzo in helping Jessica escape from her home and Shylock to marry Lorenzo and steal the gold/jewels.

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Nerissa is Portia's waiting woman and Gratiano's future wife.

Dressed presentably for formal events but not as extravagant compared to Portia.

Modest, faithful, and calm.

Discusses the qualities of each suitor that is to arrive in Belmont to marry Portia.

Observes the suitors take the challenge to choose between the three chests for Portia's hand in marriage.

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Jessica is the daughter of Shylock, a Jew that makes a deal with Antonio.

I picture her as someone with a small figure if she is able to disguise herself as a servant boy.

She is a romantic and Intractable.

Her and Lorenzo sneak off together and she steals from her father.

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Antonio's best friend and is also the love interest of Portia

A more common looking man with lavish clothing because he spends more than he has.

Bassanio is impulsive and humble.

Took out a loan in Antonio's name so he could go to Belmont to meet Portia and because of that is now the Middle man between the rivalry with Antonio and Shylock.

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Prince Arragon is another suitor for Portia.

I imagine him walking like he owns the word and dressing in Spanish attire. I also view him as Spanish.

He is idiotic and arrogant.

He is one of the 'fools' that chose the wrong casket to win over Portia and now he cannot marry

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The main character of the story along with his friends Gratiano, Bassanio, Salarino, Lorenzo, and Solanio.

I picture Antonio being more clean cut and dressing wealthy.

Antonio is emotional, generous, and reliable.

Currently has all his valuables on ships and is now in a deal with Shylock that he has to either pay back the loan he took for Bassanio or he will lose a pound of flesh.

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Strong Jewish believer

Father to Jessica, & Master to his old servant Launcelot Gobbo

Controlling fathers/man in general

An older man w/ a stern face, Vengeful, Wealthy

any events connected with this character (what happened so far)

Demands a pound of flesh for the money Antonio has to give back to him since he is a Jewish moneylender

He loses his daughter, some money, and some jewels to Lorenzo when they run away together

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Clownish, Funny, Loyal, & loving to his father

The former Servant to Shylock leaves him due to Shylock being a mean nasty man

Now a servant to Bassanio and is hoping for better opportunities

Poorish-looking clothes due to him being a servant with a low status

He is the one who delivers the love/run away letter to Lorenzo from Jessica

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Morocco is a suitor to Portia

Described as dark skinned and asks Portia not to treat him different because of his darker skin

Morocco is charming and ignorant

He showed up as suitor for Portia and was given the rules of the game that Portia's dad left. He then chooses the gold chest but it ends up being wrong.