 Studying the Merchant of Venice, here's how you can analyse the second half of Act 5, Scene 1. As Portia is welcoming Antonio to her home, separately, Graziano and Narissa are having an argument and Graziano speaks a 9-bit pentameter here to basically tell Narissa that she is misunderstanding him and he's swearing that he did not do anything wrong. Graziano then admits to Narissa that he gave his wedding ring away to the clerk of the lawyer who came to Venice. Portia then pretends to be surprised at why they're arguing and she speaks in this inflammatory sentence to act as if she doesn't know why Narissa is angry at Graziano. Graziano then speaks dismissively of the ring that Narissa gave him. He dismisses the ring and he says that Narissa is making a big deal about nothing. Narissa grows even more annoyed and she uses this language of churrons to the semantic field of death to say that the value of the ring isn't important. It's the fact that Graziano promised he would wear it until he died. Graziano is extremely taken aback by Narissa's anger and he describes the clerk who he gave the ring to as being quite similar and stature to Narissa. This is meant to add to the comedic effect of this part of the play where Graziano doesn't still realise that the young boy was Narissa who he gave the ring to. Portia steps in to defend Narissa and she says that her anger is justified and Graziano then reveals to Portia that Bassano gave his ring away to the judge. In other words, he gave his ring away to the lawyer who helped Antonio be freed from Sherlock. Portia pretends to be enraged when she finds this out and she speaks in hyperbole and Narissa echoes her when she states that she will never sleep with her husband until he finds the ring. Bassano is emphatic in defending himself and he speaks using repetition of the ring to say that he was justified in giving the ring away to the man that saved Antonio's life. Yet Portia will not let Bassano off the hook and she uses this language that belongs to the semantic field of morality to say that the ring was the symbol of the person that she is and him giving it away means basically he has given away his love for her. Portia then uses this declarative sentence to say that since the doctor has the ring which symbolises her virtue in the person she is then this doctor can be the person that she gives her life as well as her bed to. Antonio then steps in to help Bassano out and he offers Portia his soul if that's what it takes to make her happy and for her to take Bassano back. Portia finally reveals to Bassano that she tricked him and both Narissa and Portia ask Bassano and Guatiano to forgive them. They echo each other by saying that they played the same trick on them. Portia then reveals to all of them that she is incredibly intelligent and witty. She reveals that both she and Narissa were the lawyer and the clerk that came in to help free Antonio from Sherlock. This comedy then comes to a happy ending when Portia reveals a letter to Antonio that reveals that three of his ships have safely come back to Port and he's not lost anything.