The Merchant of Venice

What did Bassanio need from Antonio? Sorry bro I have so much debts but I really need money to impress this girl named Portia What’s wring with antonio? He doesn’t know why he’s sad Where did Portia live Belmont What…

Start Yes, truly, for look you, the sins of the father are to be laid upon the children. Therefore I promise ye I fear you. I was always plain with you, and so now I speak my agitation of the…

Which casket says “Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire” on the outside, and “All that glisters [glitters] is not gold […]” on the inside? The Gold Casket Which casket says “Who chooseth me shall get as much…

Merchant of Venice … Shylock Shylock is presented in the play as a quite a stereotypical Jew from the Elizabethan context. As a greedy, selfish, merciless usurer, that was commonly hated and scored upon in the Elizabethan time. But Shakespeare…

O, be thou damned, inexecrable dog, And for thy life let justice be accused; Thou almost mak’st me waver in my faith, To hold opinion with Pythagoras That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. Gratiano Repent…

Antonio a merchant of Venice in a melancholic mood Bassanio Antonio’s friend; suitor to Portia; later the husband of Portia Gratiano friend of Antonio and Bassanio; in love with Nerissa; later the husband of Nerissa Lorenzo friend of Antonio and…

1. What does the first three lines of this scene tell us about the mental models of Shakespeare’s audience? Misconceptions (“racism”) towards people with a “dark complexion”; the prince asks people to forgo these sentiments. People during Elizabethan times would…

Act 1 Scene 1 – Feminine Line I hate him for he is a Christian Act 1 Scene 3 – Anaphora I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, and so following, I will not eat with…

What is the final condition stipulated in Portia’s father’s will regarding the contest of thecaskets? What is the dramatic or narrative purpose of introducing such a condition? If a suitor decides to play the lottery of chests and chooses the…

peruse (verb) read something carefully, examine carefully or at length loath (adjective) reluctant, unwilling masque/masquerade (noun) a masked ball, the wearing of a disguise foppery (noun) a man who is concerned with his clothes in an affected and excessive way…