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. |
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... Venice is the first story of the fourth day in Ser Giovanni's Il Pecorone . This col- lection of tales was written in Italian at the end of the fourteenth century and was printed at Milan in 1558. A translation is given as Appendix I of ...
... Venice is the first story of the fourth day in Ser Giovanni's Il Pecorone . This col- lection of tales was written in Italian at the end of the fourteenth century and was printed at Milan in 1558. A translation is given as Appendix I of ...
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... Venice , Officers of the Court of Justice , a Gaoler , Servants and other Attendants . SCENE : Venice , and Portia's house at Belmont . THE MERCHANT OF VENICE [ ACT I ] [ SCENE. } suitors to Portia . GRATIANO , SALERIO , SOLANIO ...
... Venice , Officers of the Court of Justice , a Gaoler , Servants and other Attendants . SCENE : Venice , and Portia's house at Belmont . THE MERCHANT OF VENICE [ ACT I ] [ SCENE. } suitors to Portia . GRATIANO , SALERIO , SOLANIO ...
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... Venice Must needs give sentence ' gainst the merchant there . Shy . My deeds upon my head ! I crave the law , The penalty and forfeit of my bond . Por . Is he not able to discharge the money ? Bass . Yes , here I tender it for him in ...
... Venice Must needs give sentence ' gainst the merchant there . Shy . My deeds upon my head ! I crave the law , The penalty and forfeit of my bond . Por . Is he not able to discharge the money ? Bass . Yes , here I tender it for him in ...
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