 Studying the Merchant of Venice. Here's how you can analyze the first half of Act 5, Scene 1. The scene opens with Lorenzo and Jessica walking at night and Lorenzo speaks here using poetic fallacy to describe how beautiful the night is. The night makes them think of these famous lovers who all committed acts of daring at night in order to be together with each other. This makes Lorenzo and Jessica think of the daring activities that they did to be together. Lorenzo then reflects on how Jessica also committed acts of daring by stealing from her father and running away in order to elope with him. Jessica then repeats what Lorenzo said and then she speaks using iambic pentameter to also say that it was on this night that Lorenzo stole her away from her father and stole her heart. The stage directions then show Portia's servant Stefano entering and he announces to Jessica and Lorenzo that Portia will be there before the break of day. Lancelot then enters and informs both Jessica and Lorenzo that Bessonio will be coming back. The stage directions then show that Portia and Larissa have come back from Venice and they are now dressed as women again. When she comes in Portia greets Lorenzo and Jessica and she speaks in alliteration basically lying and saying that they've just come back from the monastery after praying for the health of Bessonio and Grattiano. Portia then pretends to act as if she doesn't know where they are and she asks Lorenzo if they've come back. Just as Lorenzo is telling Portia that they haven't come back these stage directions show that Bessonio Antonio Grattiano have come back to Belmont with all their followers and the train of people. Portia is really excited about their return and she speaks in repetition here to show that she's feeling really happy and flighty about their safe return. Yet she speaks using oxymoron where she contrasts like wife with hezzy husband in other words she's saying that if she's too happy and flighty this is not going to make her a virtuous woman and an un-virtuous woman makes a really unhappy husband. We can see that Portia is being light-hearted and comedic here. Bessonio is really happy to be back he speaks in repetition referring to this is as well as hyperbole to introduce Antonio to Portia. Portia then speaks using repetition here to show that she understands that Antonio and Bessonio have a really unbreakable bond.