...idea is repeated by Antonio in The Merchant of Venice: I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano — A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one.10 In Hamlet we are introduced to the image of the existentially detached person coping with the...

...world, that Antonio no longer shares a faith in any certainties, and holds 'the world but as a world', a 'stage, where every man must play a part,/ And mine a sad one' (1.1 .77-79). In 4. 1 , he embraces his fate with an almost eager resignation (4.1.114-118). For Antonio,...

...The Merchant of Venice Reread Madeleine Kasten Antonio: I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano, A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one. -William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venicel.\.77-79l When I maintain an ethical relation I refuse...

...care: Believe me, you are marvellously changed. ANTONIO. I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; of The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fixt sentin GRATIANO. Let me play the fool: With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come; And let my liver rather...

...say it wearies you; (Ii1-2) and he tells Gratiano, I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano — A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one. (Ii77-79) Portia echoes him at the start of the second scene when she says, "By my troth, Nerissa,...

...to grave my stratagems. Buckingham — R III III.v 183 I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one. Antonio — MV Li This wide and universal theatre Presents more woefial pageants than the scene Wherein...

...melancholy merchant of Venice, when he remarks to Gratiano: "I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; / A stage, where every man must play a part, / And mine a sad one" (I. i. 77-79). Perkin Warheck: Problematic Roles and Identities J49 Chapter 7 Notes 1. Mary Shelley,...

...and says he is simply sad by nature. Antonio's sadness / hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one. Act i Sci Bassanio's problems Bassanio is a handsome young nobleman who has fallen into debt. He explains...

...being explained. For example, when Antonio in the Merchant of Venice says, "I hold the world ... as / A stage where every man must play a part, / And mine a sad one" (1.1 .81-83), he is suggesting that just as characters in a play do not write their own scripts but...

...care. 75 Believe me, you are marvellously changed. ANTONIO I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano A stage, where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one. GRATIANO Let me play the fool! With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, 80 And let my liver rather...