"If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as chaste as Diana unless I be obtained by the manner of my father's will. I am glad this parcel of wooers are so reasonable, for there is not one among them but I dote on his very absence; and I pray God grant them a fair departure" (Shakespeare I.ii.87-91).
Portia's descriptions of her suitors are very negative due to her unwillingness to accept her father's will. Portia should have faith in the plan that her father has made for her future. Nerissa tells her, "the lottery that he hath devised in these three chest of gold, silver, and lead, whereof who chooses his meaning chooses you, will no doubt never be chosen by any rightly but on who you shall rightly love" (I.ii.24-7). Nerissa is advising Portia to trust her father's method of selecting Portia's husband. Portia is still apprehensive, however, because she fears that she will end up marrying a man with whom she has no interest in.
Katie--You open up a complex topic--whether Portia should indeed be content with following her father's plan for her, or whether she should chafe at those restrictions. Still to be decided.
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