The Merchant of VeniceYale University Press, 1. jaan 2006 - 167 pages 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). |
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Page xiv
... true that , to a very considerable extent , punctuation tends to result from just how the mind responsible for that punctuating hears the text . And twenty - first - century minds have no business , in such mat- ters , overruling ...
... true that , to a very considerable extent , punctuation tends to result from just how the mind responsible for that punctuating hears the text . And twenty - first - century minds have no business , in such mat- ters , overruling ...
Page xix
... true extent of his knowledge . He must have en- joyed success , or he would hardly have worked so intensely at achieving it . He used his money to buy land , and to purchase a coat of arms . But who does not enjoy success ? Who in a ...
... true extent of his knowledge . He must have en- joyed success , or he would hardly have worked so intensely at achieving it . He used his money to buy land , and to purchase a coat of arms . But who does not enjoy success ? Who in a ...
Page xx
... true role and importance of their stated religious identity ? How much are either Jews or Ju- daism the play's concerns ? The Merchant of Venice is dramatic fiction , and fiction is by def- inition pretense : the writer tries ( and ...
... true role and importance of their stated religious identity ? How much are either Jews or Ju- daism the play's concerns ? The Merchant of Venice is dramatic fiction , and fiction is by def- inition pretense : the writer tries ( and ...
Page xxii
... true piety in it , and nothing to hold him back as he pursues his revenge . " 12 We can no more go to The Merchant of Venice for perspectives on , or information about Jews and Ju- daism , than we can go Hamlet for guidance on ...
... true piety in it , and nothing to hold him back as he pursues his revenge . " 12 We can no more go to The Merchant of Venice for perspectives on , or information about Jews and Ju- daism , than we can go Hamlet for guidance on ...
Page xxviii
... true , / Until confirmed , signed , ratified by you ” ( 148-149 ) . Portia speaks with a wisdom ripening right before our eyes : You see me , Lord Bassanio , where I stand , Such as I am . Though for myself alone I would not be ...
... true , / Until confirmed , signed , ratified by you ” ( 148-149 ) . Portia speaks with a wisdom ripening right before our eyes : You see me , Lord Bassanio , where I stand , Such as I am . Though for myself alone I would not be ...
Contents
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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annotated argosies Arragon 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 gentle give gold Gospel of John Gratiano Harold Bloom hast hath hear heart heaven honor house ENTER husband Jessica Jew's Jewish judge justice lady Lancelot learnèd leave letter live look Lord Bassanio Lorenzo madam married Master Lancelot means Merchant of Venice mercy messenger Morocco Nerissa never night noun oath Old Gobbo play Portia pray thee Prince Quarto ring Salarino Salerio SCENE servant Shakespeare Shylock Signior Antonio Solanio soul speak stand street ENTER swear sweet tell thou three thousand ducats true Tubal uneducated man's error unto wife wish words Yahwist young ΙΟ
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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'?