The Merchant of VeniceDiamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd, 15 thg 12, 2022 - 130 trang The Merchant of Venice is a play written by William Shakespeare. This comedy is believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. In this 16th-century play, Antonio, a merchant in Venice, defaults on a substantial debt made by Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, who without mercy, demands a pound of his flesh. Shylock also wants to get even with Antonio for making anti-Semitic comments. Portia, now the wife of Antonio's friend, Bassanio, finally saves Antonio. Bassanio, the best friend of Antonio, is a spendthrift who wasted all of his money in order to be seen as a respectable man. He is determined to marry Portia, a wealthy and intelligent heiress of Belmont. In the ensuing scenes, Portia’s speech about “the quality of mercy” plays an important part in the drama. Although the play’s main goal is to show the conflict between the right to property and the right to life, it also explains the ensuing minor clash between a parent’s will and a child’s right to choose. |
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The same A room in Shylocks house | |
Venice A street | |
Belmont A room in Portias house | |
Venice A street | |
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argosies ARRAGON art thou bagpipe begg’d Bellario Belmont better blood bond casket choose chooseth Christian clerk court daughter dear deny deserves devil doctor dost doth DUKE Enter BASSANIO Enter LAUNCELET Enter PORTIA Exeunt Exit eyes fair Fair ladies father fool forfeit forfeiture fortune Gaoler Genoa gentle give gold GRATIANO hath hazard hear heart heaven honour husband Jew’s judge justice lady Launcelet Gobbo leave look Lord Bassanio madam man’s marry masque merchant Merchant of Venice mercy merry mistress ne’er NERISSA never night o’er oath Padua pardon pleas’d Portia’s house pound of flesh pray thee PRINCE OF MOROCCO Rialto ring room in Portia’s SALERIO SCENE servant shalt Signior Antonio Sola soul speak stand STEPHANO swear sweet tell there’s Three thousand ducats tonight Tripolis TUBAL Twill unto Venice What’s wife William Shakespeare young Master Launcelet