Merchant of VeniceHere are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include:
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William Shakespeare. Act one Scene 1 A wharf in Venice , Italy , in the sixteenth century . Antonio , a rich merchant suffering from depression , is talking to two friends , Salerio and Solanio . Antonio [ sighing ] I really don't know ...
William Shakespeare. Act one Scene 1 A wharf in Venice , Italy , in the sixteenth century . Antonio , a rich merchant suffering from depression , is talking to two friends , Salerio and Solanio . Antonio [ sighing ] I really don't know ...
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... Italian , and you will come into the court and swear that I have a poor pennyworth in the English . He is a proper ... Italy , his round hose in France , his bonnet in Germany , and his behaviour every where . 65 Nerissa What think you ...
... Italian , and you will come into the court and swear that I have a poor pennyworth in the English . He is a proper ... Italy , his round hose in France , his bonnet in Germany , and his behaviour every where . 65 Nerissa What think you ...
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... Italian , and you'll bear witness that I'm pretty lacking in English . He looks manly enough , but who could converse with a dummy ? And how queerly he dresses ! I think he got his vest in Italy , his breeches and stockings in France ...
... Italian , and you'll bear witness that I'm pretty lacking in English . He looks manly enough , but who could converse with a dummy ? And how queerly he dresses ! I think he got his vest in Italy , his breeches and stockings in France ...
Contents
Original text and modern version | 17 |
Activities | 212 |
Structure | 222 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Act 1 Scene Aeson answer Arragon bag-pipe Bellario better bond casket choose chooseth Christian clerk comes court daughter dear deserves devil doctor doth Duke Exeunt Exit eyes fair Fair ladies father fool forfeit fortune Genoa gentle give gold Gratiano hand haste hath hear heart heaven Henry Condell honor house at Belmont husband Jessica Jew's Jew's house justice King's Men lady Lancelot Gobbo leave live look Lord Bassanio Lorenzo madam married masque Merchant of Venice mercy merry Morocco never night oath Old Gobbo Padua play Portia's house pound of flesh pray thee Prince Salerio and Solanio Scene 1 lines Servant shadow's bliss Shakespeare ship Shylock Shylock's house Signior Antonio soul speak speech stand Stephano swear sweet tell theater there's things thou three thousand ducats tonight Tripoli Tubal turn What's wife William Shakespeare words