Say it with me: another play I had to read for class!

All jokes aside, I really love that I had to revisit this one, since I think it's one of the cleverest works of Shakespeare's, as the "solution" at the end always gets me!

This is a lighthearted play, filled with humour and a light dose of tragedy as well, because would it be Shakespeare without some drama?

I don't specifically have a favourite character in this play and tbh I think this is mostly because I felt like we didn't have enough time to explore each character and their motives, relationships, etc. I would have loved just a tiiiny bit more time was spent on the different relationships, but I recognize that this is a play, so this can't be done as easily as it would in a novel.

Portia is a character though that I really admire, I love how witty and determined she is, she's a very independent woman and my two favourite scenes with her are definitely the court room scene (what a badass!!!) and the last scene where she's "torturing" her husband about their ring.

Overall this is a lovely play. I would have to note though that I was very uncomfortable reading the way the Jews were depicted, it was very stereotypical and almost close to a caricature, but I'll have to recognize that it was written a looooong, long time ago, so I'll cut Shakespeare some slack.