The Merchant of VeniceYale University Press, 01.01.2006 - 167 Seiten In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia but lacks the necessary funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock, a Jewish moneylender. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible—and by the terms of the loan agreement, Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonio’s flesh. Portia cleverly intervenes, and all ends well (except of course for Shylock). |
Inhalt
SOME ESSENTIALS OF THE SHAKESPEAREAN STAGE | xxxiii |
The Merchant of Venice | 1 |
AN ESSAY BY HAROLD BLOOM | 151 |
FURTHER READING | 159 |
FINDING LIST | 165 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
annotated answer Antonio appear Bassanio Belmont blood bond bring casket choose Christian comes court daughter deserves desire doctor doth Duke Elizabethan English ENTER EXEUNT EXIT eyes fair faith father flesh follow force fortune give gold Gratiano half hand hast hath head hear heart heaven hold honor husband Italy Jessica Jewish judge justice kind lady Lancelot leave letter live look lord Lorenzo mark married master means Merchant of Venice mind nature Nerissa never night oath Old Gobbo once play Portia pray present question ring Salarino SCENE seems servant Shakespeare Shylock Solanio soul speak stand stay sure sweet tell thee things thou thought true Tubal turn understand Venice wife wish wrong young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xxiii - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft, In the Rialto you have rated me About my monies, and my usances : Still have I borne it with a patient shrug ; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe : You call me — misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Seite xxiii - Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help: Go to, then; you come to me, and you say "Shylock, we would have moneys...
Seite xxx - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins: Such harmony is in immortal souls; But, whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we...
Seite xxiii - Shylock, we would have monies', You say so; You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me, as you spurn a stranger cur Over your threshold; monies is your suit. What should I say to you? Should I not say, Hath a dog money? is it possible, A cur can lend three thousand ducats'?
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