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Did Shakespeare study Law?
farzanamili:
A creative question. I just remembered the comedy story 'Merchant of Venice' of Shakespeare where he created 'Portia' character, my favourite character. By 'portia' character, he intelligently explained law to save antonio's life which is the reasonable interpretation of law. It is well-established that whatever the law is, it must be analyzed in a way so that it can produce a reasonable result. So though Shakespeare did not study law,but he is greatly influenced by law!
Farhana Helal Mehtab:
Great selection, Portia,. Its one of my fav' characters too. It is Portia who delivers one of the most famous speeches in The Merchant of Venice:
The quality of mercy is not strain'd.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
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