- Portia (Shakespeare)
Portia is a name shared by two fictional heroines in plays by
William Shakespeare :
*Portia (Merchant of Venice)
*Portia (Julius Caesar)#Classic
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Portia (Merchant of Venice) — Portia is the heroine of William Shakespeare s The Merchant of Venice . A rich, beautiful, very intelligent heiress, she is bound by the lottery set forth in her father s will, which gives potential suitors the chance to choose between three… … Wikipedia
Portia — may refer to:*Portia (Merchant of Venice), a character in the play by William Shakespeare *Portia, a character in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare *Portia Simpson Miller, the political leader of Jamaica s People s National Party and… … Wikipedia
Portia (lune) — Portia Caractéristiques orbitales (Époque J2000.0) Type Satellite naturel d Uranus Demi grand axe 66 100 km Excentricité 0 0 001 Inclinaison … Wikipédia en Français
SHAKESPEARE (W.) — Il serait passionnant de tracer la courbe de la réputation de Shakespeare, car aucune œuvre, la Bible mise à part, n’a suscité autant de commentaires, sollicité autant de chercheurs, donné lieu à autant de controverses. Mais le consensus sur la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM° — (1564–1616), English playwright and poet. The Merchant of Venice (1596) has been claimed as the play in which Shakespeare found himself in the fullest sense. As with other major comedies of his so called second period, the main emphasis was to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Portia — f English: name that occurs twice in the works of Shakespeare, once as the name of the wife of Brutus in Julius Caesar. The historical Brutus wife was called Porcia, feminine form of the Roman family name Porcius, which is apparently a derivative … First names dictionary
Portia — [pôr′shə] n. [L Porcia, fem. of Porcius, name of a Roman gens, prob. < porcus: see FARROW1] 1. a feminine name 2. the heroine of Shakespeare s Merchant of Venice … English World dictionary
Shakespeare, William — (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, Eng. died April 23, 1616, Stratford upon Avon) British poet and playwright, often considered the greatest writer in world literature. He spent his early life in Stratford upon Avon,… … Universalium
Shakespeare on screen — More than 420 feature length film versions of William Shakespeare s plays have been produced, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. [Young, Mark (ed.). The Guinness Book of Records 1999 , Bantam Books, 358; Voigts… … Wikipedia
Portia (Mond) — Uranus XII (Portia) Voyager 2 Aufnahme von Portia, Cressida und Ophelia Vorläufige oder systematische Bezeichnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
