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 24
Page xxx
... phrases " the greedinesse of worldly chusers " and " bloody mindes of Usurers " could describe a single theme ; there is no evidence that the Jew had a double plot , nor that Ptolome had a treble one . Mr Honigmann glossed the first phrase ...
... phrases " the greedinesse of worldly chusers " and " bloody mindes of Usurers " could describe a single theme ; there is no evidence that the Jew had a double plot , nor that Ptolome had a treble one . Mr Honigmann glossed the first phrase ...
Page 40
... phrase used to avoid irreverence ( so Pooler ) . what a beard ] Stage tradition makes Old Gobbo feel the back of his son's head , and mistake the long hair for a beard ( so Staunton ) . 91. fill - horse ] a horse which draws in the ...
... phrase used to avoid irreverence ( so Pooler ) . what a beard ] Stage tradition makes Old Gobbo feel the back of his son's head , and mistake the long hair for a beard ( so Staunton ) . 91. fill - horse ] a horse which draws in the ...
Page 85
... phrase as the " portion of a portion " ( N.C.S. , quoting O.E.D. , 2 ) . Since this is part of a sequence of commercial terms , start- ed by account , Portia may be varying the common phrase " sum of all " ( cf. e.g. , Ado , I. i . 147 ...
... phrase as the " portion of a portion " ( N.C.S. , quoting O.E.D. , 2 ) . Since this is part of a sequence of commercial terms , start- ed by account , Portia may be varying the common phrase " sum of all " ( cf. e.g. , Ado , I. i . 147 ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abbott allusion 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