The Merchant of VeniceShakespeare's comedy about a creditor demanding a pound of flesh in payment of a defaulted debt and a lover who must choose among three caskets in a riddle game to win the hand of a wealthy lady. Includes an introduction, critical commentaries, and a stage history of the play. |
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... night as this , When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees And they did make no noise , in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls , And sighed his soul toward the Grecian tents Where Cressid lay that night . Jessica ...
... night as this , When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees And they did make no noise , in such a night Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls , And sighed his soul toward the Grecian tents Where Cressid lay that night . Jessica ...
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... night Did Jessica steal ° from the wealthy Jew , And with an unthrift love ° did run from Venice As far as Belmont . Jessica . In such a night Did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well , Stealing her soul with many vows of faith , And ...
... night Did Jessica steal ° from the wealthy Jew , And with an unthrift love ° did run from Venice As far as Belmont . Jessica . In such a night Did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well , Stealing her soul with many vows of faith , And ...
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... night Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew , And with an unthrift love did run from Venice , As far as Belmont . In such a night Did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well , Stealing her soul , with many vows of faith , And ne'er a ...
... night Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew , And with an unthrift love did run from Venice , As far as Belmont . In such a night Did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well , Stealing her soul , with many vows of faith , And ne'er a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xxi |
The Merchant of Venice | 41 |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 139 |
Copyright | |
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actors Antonio audience Bassanio Bellario Belmont blood bond casket characters choose chooseth Christian comedy comic court daughter devil doth ducats Duke Elizabethan Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair faith father Folio fool forfeit fortune Francis Meres gentle give Gobbo Gratiano hand hate hath hear heart heaven Henry husband irony Irving Irving's Jessica Jew of Malta Jew's Jewish justice lady Launcelot letter Lord Bassanio Lorenzo Love's Labor's Lost lovers Macklin's master Merchant of Venice mercy merry Midsummer Night's Dream Morocco Nerissa never night passion play Portia pound of flesh pray thee Prince revenge ring Salerio sense Shakespeare Shylock Signet Classic Signior Solanio speak speech stage directions strange Stratford Susan Hill swear sweet tell theater thou three thousand ducats tion trial scene Tubal unto usurer usury villain W. H. Auden wife William Shakespeare words