Merchant of VeniceHere are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include:
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Page 55
... Bring me the handsomest man of the northern hemisphere , born where the sun is barely hot enough to melt icicles , and compare our love by cutting us . That would prove whose blood was reddest - his or mine . I tell you , lady : this ...
... Bring me the handsomest man of the northern hemisphere , born where the sun is barely hot enough to melt icicles , and compare our love by cutting us . That would prove whose blood was reddest - his or mine . I tell you , lady : this ...
Page 183
... And if you can , bring him to Antonio's house . Go quickly ! [ Gratiano hurries in pursuit ] [ to Antonio ] Come . You and I will go there immediately . And And in the morning early will we both Fly toward 183 Act four Scene 1.
... And if you can , bring him to Antonio's house . Go quickly ! [ Gratiano hurries in pursuit ] [ to Antonio ] Come . You and I will go there immediately . And And in the morning early will we both Fly toward 183 Act four Scene 1.
Page 233
... bring for his son's master ? 38 What was the name of Old Gobbo's horse ? 39 What were Bassanio , Gratiano and Lorenzo planning on the night the wind turned ? 40 According to Portia , how many times is mercy blessed ? 41 What was the ...
... bring for his son's master ? 38 What was the name of Old Gobbo's horse ? 39 What were Bassanio , Gratiano and Lorenzo planning on the night the wind turned ? 40 According to Portia , how many times is mercy blessed ? 41 What was the ...
Contents
Original text and modern version | 17 |
Activities | 212 |
Structure | 222 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
Act 1 Scene Aeson answer Arragon bag-pipe Bellario better bond casket choose chooseth Christian clerk comes court daughter dear deserves devil doctor doth Duke Exeunt Exit eyes fair Fair ladies father fool forfeit fortune Genoa gentle give gold Gratiano hand haste hath hear heart heaven Henry Condell honor house at Belmont husband Jessica Jew's Jew's house justice King's Men lady Lancelot Gobbo leave live look Lord Bassanio Lorenzo madam married masque Merchant of Venice mercy merry Morocco never night oath Old Gobbo Padua play Portia's house pound of flesh pray thee Prince Salerio and Solanio Scene 1 lines Servant shadow's bliss Shakespeare ship Shylock Shylock's house Signior Antonio soul speak speech stand Stephano swear sweet tell theater there's things thou three thousand ducats tonight Tripoli Tubal turn What's wife William Shakespeare words