Summary of Portia’s suitors

In today’s lesson we were talking about how Shakespeare used stereotypes in his stories. An example that we used in today’s lesson was the way Portia was talking about her suitors. She was talking about how English men have no style and are very messy and don’t look after other peoples belongings. She also spoke about the Scottish suitor and said that they always borrow money from other people and don’t pay them back.  Shakespeare uses stereotypes in his stories so it is easier for us to understand the story a bit better. He also uses it so we can think about why these stereotypes even exist.