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Portia (. The Merchant of Venice. ) Portia is a female character and protagonist in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. In creating her character Shakespeare drew from the historical figure of Porcia, [1] the daughter of Cato the Younger, as well as several parts of the Bible. [2] Portia is fond of proverbs, frequently quoting them ...
~ Peyton Manning The 2003 Colts began the season 5–0, including a 55–21 blowout over the New Orleans Saints in which Manning recorded his third perfect passer rating game and threw six touchdown passes, earning him AFC Offensive Player of the Week honors. On Monday Night Football, against the defending champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Colts trailed 35–14 in the final five minutes ...
Signature. Natalie Portman ( née Hershlag, [1] Hebrew: נטע-לי הרשלג, [a] [4] [6] born. () June 9, 1981) is an Israeli-born American actress. She has had a prolific film career from her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden ...
Portia Lee James DeGeneres (born Amanda Lee Rogers; 31 January 1973), known professionally as Portia de Rossi, is an Australian-American retired actress.She played Nelle Porter on the American drama series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award, Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the American television sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019), and ...
The Suicide of Porcia: 17th century: oil on canvas: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes: The young Louis XIV with his brother Philippe and his governess madame Lansac: 17th century: oil on canvas: 250 × 196: Palace of Versailles: Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne: 17th century: oil on canvas: 95 × 126: Private Collection Edouard ...
Richard Phillips Feynman (/ ˈ f aɪ n m ə n /; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist, known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as his work in particle physics for which he proposed the parton model.
The Holy Sinner. The Holy Sinner ( German: Der Erwählte) is a German novel written by Thomas Mann. Published in 1951, it is based on the medieval verse epic Gregorius written by the German Minnesinger Hartmann von Aue ( c. 1165–1210 ). [1] The book explores a subject that fascinated Thomas Mann to the end of his life – the origins of evil ...
The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Senators and representatives are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the Senate may ...