Poetry · Character
Bassanio
A character from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.
minor
First appearance: I: Portia
Bassanio shows up with force in Impressions de Théâtre. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Appears in the Portia poem as the bold suitor who risks all for the lead casket.
Bassanio first appears in 0091 i portia.
In Impressions de Théâtre: Appears in the Portia poem as the bold suitor who risks all for the lead casket.
Later, in Written at the Lyceum Theatre: Referenced as bold in risking all on the lead casket.
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See Bassanio in I: Portia