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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Page xxi
... villain , but each has been accurately called an anti - hero . On the Elizabethan stage , it was probably easier for Portia to take the leading role than it is in the modern theater . In Shakespeare's company there was a better balance ...
... villain , but each has been accurately called an anti - hero . On the Elizabethan stage , it was probably easier for Portia to take the leading role than it is in the modern theater . In Shakespeare's company there was a better balance ...
Page 79
... villain Jew with outcries raised the Duke , Who went with him to search Bassanio's ship . Salerio . He came too late , the ship was under sail . But there the Duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and ...
... villain Jew with outcries raised the Duke , Who went with him to search Bassanio's ship . Salerio . He came too late , the ship was under sail . But there the Duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and ...
Page 158
... villain for the hero , Shakespeare is at pains to label the villain by an aside at the moment the hero appears on the boards : I hate him for he is a Christian , But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis , and brings ...
... villain for the hero , Shakespeare is at pains to label the villain by an aside at the moment the hero appears on the boards : I hate him for he is a Christian , But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis , and brings ...
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