Merchant of Venice

Act 2, Scene 5

Explain Jessica's last speech

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Jessica's last speech is a kind of farewell to her father who has been portrayed, especially in this scene as both penny-pinching and Puritanical. She knows that if her plan succeeds and she does marry Lorenzo that she will not see him again and will, essentially be dead to him.