... takes the drug of Friar Lawrence and stabs herself to die withRomeo. Because of all the above things, Juliet becomes one of my favourite images of women in William Shakespeare’s plays and I think ... themes such as the loves of Bassanio and Portia, Jessica and Lorenzo, Gratiano and Nerissa, the friendshipbetween Antonio and Bassanio, and specially, the hate between Shylock and Antonio. Besides, ... love freely. And the intelligent Portia seems tobecome one of the immortal images of literature in general, and of Shakespeare’splays in particular. III. The fearless, stubborn and valiant...