The city world is Venice. Venice is home to all of the male characters in the book so far. It is a place where problems are already starting to grow. Antonio is trying to gather money from Shylock which starts a small dispute between them. Shylock is already bullied and offended by others in Venice only because he is Jewish. Men from other places than Venice or Belmont come to claim Portia's hand in marriage so that they can succeed in gaining a wife. So, in order to claim this prize, they will travel to the green world in order to make everything better. This is the way of both the city world and the green world. The city world sends their problems to the green and the green then sends it back fixed and perfect once again.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
How is Belmont different from Venice? (using green world vs city world theory)
Belmont and Venice are both perfect examples of the green world and the city world. Venice would be the city world, and the green world would be Belmont. Belmont embodies the green world because of it's well known inhabitants. The majority of the characters introduced in Belmont were all women. The green world is a feminine place where females reighn and nature is their second in command. The green world serves it's purpose as being the problem solver for all things that have happened in the city world. It deals with these issues in a childlike manner that usually ends up helping. It is a calm, peaceful, and fantastical enchanted forest that relates itself to intamate relationships. For example, Portia is trying to find a husband, one that is perfect in every way. She has absolutely no control of the husband. She cannot turn him away, or keep him, the decision in completley up to the man. In location 2810, "First, forward to the temple;after dinner", this line is spoken by Portia as she instructs the prince Morrocco to go to the temple after the dinner they have. This temple is the the Game Center for the little contest Portia has put together to determine her husband. This is all a perfect example of how the green world deals with things.
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You give the example of how the green world is a mans world, and how it is not under Portia's control to the man that she chooses. I do agree with you there (it's hard to find evidence to counteract that fact), however, Portia does have a lot of power over the men. In the parts that we read on Thursday, it tells how Portia gives all of the money and ring to Bassanio. This shows some control from Portia, as it is not all men, or in this example, her father, as it is essentially his money. I think the best way to describe the feminine views of the green world are to say that women have less control than power. They aren't looked down upon, or bashed, but rather just can't make big decisions, just rather hand over those decisions (in the case of Portia's money).
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