The Merchant of Venice - Entire Play | Folger Shakespeare Library
2015年7月31日 · In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio…
The Merchant of Venice - Folger Shakespeare Library
2024年3月12日 · Read and download The Merchant of Venice for free. Learn about this Shakespeare play, find scene-by-scene summaries, and discover more Folger resources.
The Merchant of Venice - Act 1, scene 1 - Folger Shakespeare Library
2015年7月31日 · Entire Play Antonio, the merchant in The Merchant of Venice, secures a loan from Shylock for his friend Bassanio, who seeks to court Portia. Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, recalls past insults from Antonio and, instead of asking interest on the loan, asks instead—in what he calls a “merry sport”—that if the loan is not repaid, Antonio ...
About Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice, like most of Shakespeare’s comedies, is about love and marriage. But the path to marriage in this play is unusually hazardous. The characters compare it to the epic voyage undertaken by Jason and the Argonauts to win the Golden Fleece.
The Merchant of Venice - Folger Shakespeare Library
2015年7月31日 · Entire Play Antonio, the merchant in The Merchant of Venice, secures a loan from Shylock for his friend Bassanio, who seeks to court Portia. Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, recalls past insults from Antonio and, instead of asking interest on the loan, asks instead—in what he calls a “merry sport”—that if the loan is not repaid, Antonio ...
A Modern Perspective: The Merchant of Venice
2024年1月2日 · The Merchant of Venice was written within a culture in which prejudice against Jews was pervasive and endemic. It can be argued that this goes back to the earliest days of Christianity, when the tradition began of making the Jews bear the guilt of the Crucifixion.
The Merchant of Venice - Folger Shakespeare Library
2023年10月10日 · Michelle Ephraim’s memoir Green World refracts The Merchant of Venice through the changing dynamics of her own family, as her Holocaust-survivor parents age and she becomes a mother herself.
The Merchant of Venice - Shakespeare Documented
The Revels Book of 1604–5 shows William Shakespeare at or near the height of his success as a playwright, with seven plays and eight performances at court. Merchant of Venice was so admired by the king that he commanded a repeat performance.
The Merchant of Venice - Folgerpedia - Folger Shakespeare Library
In The Merchant of Venice, one of William Shakespeare's plays, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all.
Reading Shakespeare’s Language: The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice is an interesting example of the way Shakespeare uses words to build dramatic worlds, for in this play he quickly builds two such worlds—the mercantile world of Venice and the romantic world of Portia’s estate of Belmont. In the first and third scenes of the play, he builds—through references to “argosies,” to ...