She tricks him into believing she is on his side. But beforehand, Portia carefully studied the case until a fatal flaw was discovered, the flaw that no drop of blood can be spilled. In comparison, the Portia spider does something similar to this. Portia spider observes it’s prey until it figures the best way to attack. One such way is to pretend to be prey. The spider pulls on another spiders web, leading it to believe prey has been trapped. The preyed upon spider has no reason to believe it is in danger, until it draws too close and it is quickly snatched up by the Portia spider. Merchant of Venice Portia and the Portia spider are alike in characteristics of observing, patience, and the ability to lead prey into a false sense of hope and
She tricks him into believing she is on his side. But beforehand, Portia carefully studied the case until a fatal flaw was discovered, the flaw that no drop of blood can be spilled. In comparison, the Portia spider does something similar to this. Portia spider observes it’s prey until it figures the best way to attack. One such way is to pretend to be prey. The spider pulls on another spiders web, leading it to believe prey has been trapped. The preyed upon spider has no reason to believe it is in danger, until it draws too close and it is quickly snatched up by the Portia spider. Merchant of Venice Portia and the Portia spider are alike in characteristics of observing, patience, and the ability to lead prey into a false sense of hope and