 Studying the Merchant of Venice. Here's how you can analyse that 3, scene 4. Back in Belmont, Gratiano and Bessonio have left for Venice and Lorenzo congratulates Portia and he speaks in I Am a Pentameter, basically congratulating her for being a good woman in letting her husband go to see Antonio's trial. Portia says it's her duty to be there for Bessonio and she uses this hyperbole to basically say that all of Bessonio's problems are her own problems and she's always going to support him. She also speaks using alliteration to basically say that if Antonio is good enough to be Bessonio's best friend then Antonio must be just as good as Bessonio and he is deserving of her help. Portia then tells Lorenzo that she and Narissa are gonna go after a monastery whilst they wait for Bessonio and Gratiano's return. She essentially asks Lorenzo to be in charge of looking after her house whilst she's away. Lorenzo responds speaking hyperbole basically saying that he's happy to help her in any way. Once Jessica and Lorenzo leave Portia turns to her servant Balthasar and gives him a letter and she asks him to go to Padua where he's gonna meet her cousin who's a lawyer called Dr. Bellario and this letter will have a message for him. Portia then tells her lady and waiting Narissa that they're not going to the monastery. They're actually gonna be going to Venice to the courthouse and they will be dressed up as men in disguise. She then informs Narissa that they will be dressed up like young men. She uses this simile to explain to Narissa that the letter she sent to Dr. Bellario is requesting clothes so that they can dress up as lawyers when they go to Venice. We can see that unlike Jessica who is embarrassed to be dressed up as a young boy when she was escaping with Lorenzo Portia is actually excited to be dressed up as a man. She speaks using alliteration here to show that she is really excited to go to Venice dressed up as a lawyer where she's gonna be helping Antonio out. Yet Narissa is confused. She still doesn't understand why they have to dress up as men and this adds to the comedic effect of this play. Portia speaks in this exclamatory sentence as she playfully pretends to be annoyed at Narissa's question. However she promises her that she's going to explain this on the journey to Venice.