dience for believing such an impractical stereotype.
             Lastly, Portia adds comedy to the play when she stumbles to find true love. While speaking to Nerissa about her frustration with her father's will, Portia declares: "...I may neither choose whom I would/nor refuse whom I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter/curbed by the will of a dead father. Is it not hard, Nerissa/that I cannot choose one nor refuse none?" (I. ii. 20-23). Her dilemma about finding true love is humorous because it develops into her plan to foil all suitors except the one she wishes to marry. Next, Portia fits the definition of a romantic comedy by being an idealized female character. This is evident when she says to the Prince of Morocco: "Yourself, renowned prince, then stood as fair/As any comer I have look'd on yet/For my affection" (II. ii. 20-22). This statement adds romance to the play because the audience now knows that Portia is desired by many suitors. It also adds comedy due to t
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