B. EXPLORING Portia’s Suitors – ‘parcel of wooers’ Pair Activity Turn to page 10 of your portfolio to complete the exercise on the suitors.
P C. CREATING Complete either task A or task B below:
Task A – Portia’s Diary Imagine you are Portia. Write a diary entry in which you record your private thoughts and feelings about the lottery your late father has devised to help you find a suitable husband. Refer to the suitors in this scene. Turn to page 11 of your portfolio to help you.
P OR
Task B – Cartoon Caricature of a Suitor A caricature is a cartoon picture in which the prominent features of a person are exaggerated for comic effect. Turn to page 12 of your portfolio to draw a caricature of one or more of the suitors from this scene. Label your picture with quotes and arrows.
P Example of a caricature –
an unflattering 1819 caricature of the Prince Regent by George Cruikshank
D. REFLECTINGP
1. Character File Turn to the Character File section of your portfolio (page 91) to record your first impressions of Portia. (Hint: You might write down something you admire and something you do not admire about her in this scene.)
2. My Reflection on Act 1, Scene 2 Turn to page 13 of your portfolio to record your responses to aspects of this scene.
