Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 25 IS - 40 T2 - Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation, and Performance SP - 133-49 ID - bbbm76 T1 - "From Casket to Court via Mercy and the Ring: Commemorating Shakespeare's Portia in The Merchant of Venice" AU - Tripathy, Mitashree PY - 2022 DA - 2026 DO - 10.18778/2083-8530.25.09 LA - English AB - Investigates portrayal of Portia in Merchant of Venice, arguing her "intelligence" makes her hero of play. Considers "revolutionary" characteristics of Portia and other Shakespearean comic heroines, including assertiveness, strength, and wit.  ER -