Portia dared to pursue her love. Conspiring with her attendant, Nerissa, to try to avoid the suitors she hated, he secretly revealed his will to Bassanio not to marry him from the beginning.
Portia dares to pursue her own love. She conspired with the valet Nilisa to try to avoid those suitors she was tired of, and at the beginning, she secretly revealed that she would not marry Bassanio unless he did.