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 102
... fools alive , I wis , Silvered o'er - and so was this . Take what wife you will to bed , I will ever be your head : So be gone , you are sped . ' Still more fool I shall appear By the time I linger here . With one fool's head I came to ...
... fools alive , I wis , Silvered o'er - and so was this . Take what wife you will to bed , I will ever be your head : So be gone , you are sped . ' Still more fool I shall appear By the time I linger here . With one fool's head I came to ...
Page 103
... fools alive , I'd say , Who are ensilvered in this way . It matters not which wife you wed I will always be your head So be off , for you are sped . The more the fool I will appear By stretching out the time I'm here . With one fool's ...
... fools alive , I'd say , Who are ensilvered in this way . It matters not which wife you wed I will always be your head So be off , for you are sped . The more the fool I will appear By stretching out the time I'm here . With one fool's ...
Page 148
... fool hath planted in his memory 60 An army of good words , and I do know A many fools that stand in better place Garnished like him , that for a tricksy word Defy the matter . How cheer'st thou , Jessica ? And now , good sweet , say thy ...
... fool hath planted in his memory 60 An army of good words , and I do know A many fools that stand in better place Garnished like him , that for a tricksy word Defy the matter . How cheer'st thou , Jessica ? And now , good sweet , say thy ...
Contents
Original text and modern version | 17 |
Activities | 212 |
Structure | 222 |
Copyright | |
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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