A Reading of the 'Mercy Speech' from Merchant of Venice

[MrPozzoz]

For a woman ..... Portia sure does talk like a patronizing middle aged man .....

[booza90]

Yes, it 'tis a bit comical, but we must remember that Merchant of Venice is, itself, defined as a 'comedy' in the Shakespeare canon. So why not spice up the famous speech with a paper-puppet?

[shelllybellly99]

Booza90 you just saved my life!!

[booza90]

But how? How did this video save your life? Were you looking for an effective interpretation of the speech, for, say, a drama class assignment, and this pointed the way? HOW? Please!

[BxHxKx0x]

INTERHIGH PLOX

[CassiElick]

this is really good.. helps me learn it ...but still it is a wee bit odd, seeing a paper pupet speak and look directly at me and to me... lol it is helpful though...

[PhilippaSedg123]

is there really only one video on youtube of this speech?

[booza90]

Oh, there are many versions of the Mercy Speech on the Tube and other Video sites, to be sure! Some are quite good, but I hardly see how anyone could surpass that of the great Katherine Hepburn who played Portia in the early 1950s at Stratford.

[awesomethteacherwag]

It is a verse passage.

[shmoh12]

This is fun. Is this famous speach a verse or a prose? do you know?