Write the answers please chapter merchant of Venice

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i) Portia sent Balthasar to Padua with a letter asking her cousin, Doctor Bellario, to send her his introduction letter and lawyer's gown. Doctor Bellario did so and in a short time Portia and Nerrisa were on their way to Venice. The former was disguised as a lawyer while the latter was disguised as a lawyer's clerk. Portia had made up her mind to act as a lawyer and save Antonio. Meanwhile, Portia left Lorenzo and Jessica in-charge of managing her estate in her absence.

ii) Portia says mercy is not limited or constarined by bonds, it is comparable to gentle rain that falls from the heaven and blesses the person who gives it and the one on whom it is showered. She implies that Shylock would be blessed to show mercy. She claims that mercy is more powerful than the mightiest. The sceptre of the King is symbolic of his power, but mercy rests in his heart and is higher than power. She suggests that mercy is closely related to salvation and the Christian doctrine of justice.

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