Disguised as a lawyer, Portia foils Shylock's plan to collect a pound of flesh in this play
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The Merchant of Venice - Dictionary definition of The Merchant of ...  The date that Shakespeare wrote this play is not certain. .... Lorenzo and Gratiano plan a small entertaining skit and a party for Bassanio that night. .... Then Portia tells Shylock to go forward and collect his pound of flesh from Antonio. .... save Antonio from Shylock's bond, Portia travels to Venice disguised as a lawyer named...
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The Merchant of Venice and Shylock's Christian Problem  Fifty-six years later, The Merchant of Venice is playing at the Shakespeare Theater in .... MV: When Portia enters the courtroom scene, the Duke commands Antonio and ... The Jew's motive was solely his craving for a pound of Christian flesh. The nameless lady of Belmonte, disguised as a lawyer, went to court to defend...
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The Merchant of Venice Act 4, Scene 1 Summary - Shmoop  At the court of law in Venice, the Duke, Antonio, Bassanio, Salerio, Graziano, ... Just like them, Shylock has bought and paid for Antonio's pound of fleshAntonio even ... (Note: "Doctor" seems in this play to be a general term for a learned man, ... Portia enters and is introduced to the court as "the learned doctor Balthazar.
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Il Pecorone, an Italian source for The Merchant of Venice - The ...  This collection of 50 short stories is called Il Pecorone, the Italian for 'The ... One tale has many striking details of the 'pound of flesh' story: an Italian ... But Gianetto's wife has secretly disguised herself as a lawyer, and she foils the Jew's plans by ... Bassanio's romantic suit to Portia is, of course, very different from this Italian...
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Quia - Merchant of Venice  How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and Antonio? ... According to Lorenzo's plan, how will Jessica escape from her father's house ... How does Portia react to the prince of Morocco's failure as a suitor? ... Who enters the court disguised as a young doctor of Law named Balthasar?
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Merchant of Venice Act 4 Summary and Analysis | GradeSaver  Merchant of Venice Summary and Analysis of Act 4 ... Antonio and Shylock both step forward, and Portia asks Antonio if he confesses to signing the contract. ... Portia rules that Shylock has the right to claim a pound of flesh from next to Antonio's ... you take my life /When you do take the means whereby I live" (4.1.369-373).
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Full text of "The Judgment against Shylock in the Merchant of Venice"  He arrived at the conclusion that Portia's decision was right in the result but not in the .... and requests a loan of 3000 ducats for 3 months with Antonio as surety. ... seal me there Your single bond ; 4 and, in a merry sport, If you repay me not on ... let the forfeit Be nominated for an equal pound Of your fair flesh, to be cut off...
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SparkNotes: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, scene i, lines 397453 ...  After Shylock leaves, the duke invites Portia, still in the disguise of a young lawyer, to dinner. ... Bassanio thanks Portia, though he does not see through her disguise, and ... Instead, Bassanio offers to find the most valuable ring in Venice, but Portia ... boundaries of the homoerotic relationship between Antonio and Bassanio,...
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SparkNotes: The Merchant of Venice: Important Quotations Explained  If you prick us do we not bleed? ... And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducats ... Here, Shylock's tightly controlled speech reflects the narrow and determined focus of ... safely offstage, Shakespeare returns to the comedic aspects of his play.
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Shakespear>5 Flashcards | Quizlet  SHAKESPEAREAN POLICE BLOTTER Impersonating an officer of the court, attempted flesh mutilation & loan sharking. The Merchant of Venice.
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SparkNotes: The Merchant of Venice: Analysis of Major Characters  Although critics tend to agree that Shylock is The Merchant of Venice's most ... heroinesit is no surprise that she emerges as the antidote to Shylock's malice.
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No Fear Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice: Act 3, Scene 1 ...  Go, go, Tubal, and meet me at our synagogue. Go, good Tubal. At our synagogue, Tubal. SHYLOCK. That's true, that's very true. Tubal, go find me a police...
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The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare STUDY PACK To be ...  Portia reminds Morocco that she has no choice in the matter and that his future is in the ... Launcelot Gobbo, Shylock's servant, considers whether or not he should leave ... Jessica prepares to leave her father's house to elope with Lorenzo ... Irrational/ impulsive/ nave, But love is blind, and lovers cannot see / The pretty...
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SparkNotes: The Merchant of Venice: Quiz  What reason does Antonio give for being sad in the opening scene of the play? ... From what character flaw does Bassanio believe Gratiano suffers? ... How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and Antonio?
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The Merchant of Venice and Shylock's Christian Problem  The Ancient Grudge: The Merchant of Venice and Shylock's Christian Problem .... With the goats and sheep, he does his best to outsmart Jacob by a device ..... Jessica says to Lorenzo: ...he [Launcelot] tells me flatly there's no mercy for me in ..... merchandise I will: go Tubal, and meet me at our synagogue,go, good Tubal,...
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Jessica in The Merchant of Venice - Shmoop  Character Analysis ... Jessica is Shylock's only daughter. ... He demands that Jessica stay inside and "lock up [the] doors" so the sounds of music don't drift in...
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Granville's Jew of Venice - Stoics  Where Shakespeare had established a rivalry between Antonio and Portia over Bassanio, ... 1 Still, it does not occur to Ms. Craft that modern readers might be the .... Granville now had a script that never wandered from the path of friendship. ..... the bad news that Shylock means to collect his pound of flesh from Antonio and...
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The Portia Project: The Heiress of Belmont on ... - Scholar Commons  Mar 4, 2011 ... in Shylock's shadow, and this dissertation seeks to bring her into the spotlight. ... By dressing all of the male characters alike, .... and advice of her uncle, a famous lawyer, effects the safety of her lover's friend (389). ... complexities of the Portia/Bassanio relationship when he declares that ..... In trying to fit.
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Full text of "Curtains; selections from the drama criticism and related ...  KT Neil) York, i960 CONTENTS 1 1 The British Theatre 3 II ! ... The disguise, of course, renders him about as effectively incognito as a walrus in a ballet-skirt; fearing ...... A brave but doltish knight-errant has mar- ried a water-sprite, unaware that if .... In the crowd scenes  the play and the duel  he brings off grand slams,...
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SparkNotes: The Merchant of Venice: Act IV, scene i, lines 1163  Is dearly bought. 'Tis mine, and I will have it. ... Shylock is not so much attacking the Venetian worldview as demanding that he be allowed to share in it.
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The Merchant of Venice - University of Leicester  In sooth I know not why I am so sad. ... Salerio attributes Antonio's turmoil to the fact that he is a merchant-venturer whose .... is saying to his profligate, tactless and selfish friend, You don't have to ask  ... The function of Scene 2 is also to expose the plot of the play: namely, that Portia's hand in .... businessman (Well .