Shakespeare | Baptized April 26th 1564 Stratford;Short lineage |
Globe Theater | Along the Thames River in 1599;Wooden “O”3 tiers of galleries |
Tradgies | ie Romeo and Juilet |
Comedies | Much Ado about Nothing |
Histories | Julius Caesar |
Merchant of Venice | Comedy (tragicomedy ) |
Plot | Antonio is sad; Bassanio needs a loan from Antonio to marry Portia; gets a loan from shylock |
Portia | Hieress; lots of money;only can marry the man who chooses the correct box out of three; smart |
Antonio | Friends with Bassanio; investments at sea; mean to shylock |
Bassanio | Needs money to marry Portia the hieress |
Gratiano | Obnoxious friend; loud and mean to shylock |
Lorenzo | In love with Jessica; friend with Bassanio |
Jessica | daughter of Shylock, leaves father to elope with Lorenzo |
Nerissa | Maid of Portia, goes along with Portia in everything |
Suitors of Portia(who leave) | Neapolitan Prince – Bastard, egotistical;County Palatine – not happy, boring;Monsieur Le Bon – he is just bad;Falconbridge – dosn’t speak the same language as PortiaScottish – FighterDuke of Saxony – always drunk Prince of Morocco – dark complexion |
Loan between Shylock and Antonio | 3000 ducats for three months (without interest);if Antonio can’t pay back the loan, then Shylock can take 1 pound of flesh from Antonio from anywhere. |
The Merchant of Venice Scene 1
July 18, 2019