This character is advised that it is "no mean happiness to be seated in the mean" by her servant when lamenting her inability to find a husband.
This character is advised that it is "no mean happiness to be seated in the mean" by her servant when lamenting her inability to find a husband. At the end of the play she appears in, this character returns a ring to a man who had earlier confessed his love for her "upon a rack." A prince from Morocco is barred from marrying this character after opening a chest which reveals the message "All that (*) glisters is not gold." A speech given by this character describes a trait with the power to make "the throned monarch better than his crown" and opens "The quality of mercy is not strained." She disguises herself as a judge in order to settle a dispute between Shylock and Antonio involving a loan given to Bassanio, who intends to woo her. For 10 points, name this resident of Belmont, an heiress from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
This character is advised that it is "no mean happiness to be seated in the mean" by her servant when lamenting her inability to find a husband.
Portia