The Merchant of VeniceShylock loans money to a man he despises, the merchant Antonio, only if a pound of Antonio's flesh will be due, in a court of law, upon default. Antonio borrows the money so that his friend Bessanio can travel to woo the woman he loves, Portia, whose freedom to marry is bound up in a fairy-tale decree of her father's. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 62
Page xlvi
... Bassanio should do so only on the persuasion of his friend . The ring is restored , and the play ends happily , only after Antonio has given a new pledge , this time for his soul.3 The story does not allow Bassanio to show the same ...
... Bassanio should do so only on the persuasion of his friend . The ring is restored , and the play ends happily , only after Antonio has given a new pledge , this time for his soul.3 The story does not allow Bassanio to show the same ...
Page 44
... Bassanio ! ] Bassanio . Q , F ; Bassanio , - Theobald . 168. Gratiano ! ] Gratiano . Q , F ; Gratiano ? Q2 . 169. I have ] Qi I haue a Q2 , F. 170. You ] Q , F ; Nay , you Hanmer . to Belmont F ; go / With ... Hanmer ; 171. thee ] Q , F ...
... Bassanio ! ] Bassanio . Q , F ; Bassanio , - Theobald . 168. Gratiano ! ] Gratiano . Q , F ; Gratiano ? Q2 . 169. I have ] Qi I haue a Q2 , F. 170. You ] Q , F ; Nay , you Hanmer . to Belmont F ; go / With ... Hanmer ; 171. thee ] Q , F ...
Page 69
... Bassanio , Lord Love , if thy will it be ! 95 100 Exeunt . 97. Thou wilt ] Q , F ; Thou'lt Pope . 98. high - day ] hyphened F. 99. Come , ] Q2 , F ; Come Q. 101. Bassanio , Lord Love , ] Rowe ; Bassanio Lord , loue Q , F ; Bassanio ...
... Bassanio , Lord Love , if thy will it be ! 95 100 Exeunt . 97. Thou wilt ] Q , F ; Thou'lt Pope . 98. high - day ] hyphened F. 99. Come , ] Q2 , F ; Come Q. 101. Bassanio , Lord Love , ] Rowe ; Bassanio Lord , loue Q , F ; Bassanio ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbott Ansaldo Antonio Bass Bassanio Belmont blood bond Capell casket choose chooseth Christian Clarendon clown Collier compositor conj copy daughter doth ducats Duke Dyce E. K. Chambers Elizabethan emendation entry Exeunt Exit eyes fair father fool foul papers Gesta Romanorum Giannetto give Gobbo Gratiano Halliwell Hanmer hath haue honour Iudge Jessica Jew of Malta Jew's Johnson lady Laun Launcelot lawyer Lord Lorenzo Malone master Merchant of Venice mercy Nerissa night Pecorone phrase play Pooler compared Pope Portia pound of flesh pray probably quarto quibble quoted quoth ring Rodolfo Rowe Salerio Scene sense Shakespeare ship Shylock Sola Solanio Solarino speak Steevens Strabino swear thee Theobald theyr thou thought thousand ducats Tilley tion Truculento Tubal usurer usury vnto W. W. Greg William Shakespeare word ΙΟ