THE MERCHANT OF VENICE-RADFORD-2004-PORTIA ON MERCY.mp4

The merchant of Venice contains a multitude of great speeches on human character, but Portia's speech on mercy and justice is fantastic. Although sympathy for Shylock is created by his daughter's betrayal, the loss of his wife's ring, and his ever famous and continuously used speech on his own humanity, the tempering of justice with mercy puts him in an unfavorable light. As a side note: although Portia looks as if she could be a man, her voice gives here away. Is it not possible to disguise this a little with a deeper tone?