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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Page 38
... lady , the having any of these lords : they have acquainted me with their determinations , which is indeed to return to their home , and to trouble you with no more suit , unless you may be won by some other sort than your father's ...
... lady , the having any of these lords : they have acquainted me with their determinations , which is indeed to return to their home , and to trouble you with no more suit , unless you may be won by some other sort than your father's ...
Page 91
... lady . Yet , to be afraid of my own worthiness would be to underestimate myself . As much as I deserve ! Why , that's the lady ! In terms of birth I deserve her , and in fortune , manners and qualities of breeding . Above all else ...
... lady . Yet , to be afraid of my own worthiness would be to underestimate myself . As much as I deserve ! Why , that's the lady ! In terms of birth I deserve her , and in fortune , manners and qualities of breeding . Above all else ...
Page 123
... lady is , And claim her with a loving kiss . A kindly scroll ! [ He turns to Portia ] Fair lady , with your permission I come to you with a permit [ offering the scroll as his passport to a kiss ] to give and to receive . [ But he is ...
... lady is , And claim her with a loving kiss . A kindly scroll ! [ He turns to Portia ] Fair lady , with your permission I come to you with a permit [ offering the scroll as his passport to a kiss ] to give and to receive . [ But he is ...
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