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. |
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... Bassanio— though not so unusually fond as might appear in our twenty-first century, for there is absolutely nothing sexual in his part—Anto- nio ascends to the occasion. He can be loyal, he can be long- suffering—everything that he ...
... Bassanio— though not so unusually fond as might appear in our twenty-first century, for there is absolutely nothing sexual in his part—Anto- nio ascends to the occasion. He can be loyal, he can be long- suffering—everything that he ...
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... Bassanio , and he is impatient to take the test that will either win her or lose her . " I would detain you here some month or two , " she tells him , “ Before you venture for me " ( 9-10 ) . Plainly , she wants to be with him but not ...
... Bassanio , and he is impatient to take the test that will either win her or lose her . " I would detain you here some month or two , " she tells him , “ Before you venture for me " ( 9-10 ) . Plainly , she wants to be with him but not ...
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... Bassanio can reach that point, the dan- ger Antonio is in, because of Shylock's fierce malice, must be dealt with. Bassanio rushes off to help. Portia, already wiser than he is in the real ways of the world, takes an indirect but ...
... Bassanio can reach that point, the dan- ger Antonio is in, because of Shylock's fierce malice, must be dealt with. Bassanio rushes off to help. Portia, already wiser than he is in the real ways of the world, takes an indirect but ...
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... Bassanio's choosing among the three caskets : 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 ...
... Bassanio's choosing among the three caskets : 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 ...
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... Bassanio Nay , but hear me . Pardon this fault , and by my soul I swear I never more will break an oath with thee . ( 246-248 ) The play is thus all but finished . In a very few more lines , Portia leads them all indoors , for what is ...
... Bassanio Nay , but hear me . Pardon this fault , and by my soul I swear I never more will break an oath with thee . ( 246-248 ) The play is thus all but finished . In a very few more lines , Portia leads them all indoors , for what is ...
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annotated Arragon Balthasar Barabas bear-baiting Belario Belmont blood bond Burton Raffel casket choose chooseth Christian clerk comes court daughter deed deserves divel doctor doth Duke Elizabethan English ENTER PORTIA EXEUNT eyes fair fair lady faith Falstaff father flesh fool forfeit fortune Genoa gentle give gold Gospel of John Gratiano Harold Bloom hast hath hear heart heaven honor house enter husband Jessica Jewish judge justice lady learnèd leave letter live look Lord Bassanio Lorenzo madam married Master Lancelot means Merchant of Venice mercy merry messenger mind Morocco Nerissa never night oath Old Gobbo play Portia pray thee Prince Quarto ring Salarino Salerio scene servant Shakespeare shalt Shylock Signior Antonio Solanio soul speak stand street enter swear sweet tell things thou three thousand ducats tonight true Tubal turn unto wife wish words Yahwist young