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 56
... fortune from the weaker hand : So is Alcides beaten by his page , And so may I , blind fortune leading me , Miss that which one unworthier may attain , And die with grieving . Portia You must take your chance , And either not attempt to ...
... fortune from the weaker hand : So is Alcides beaten by his page , And so may I , blind fortune leading me , Miss that which one unworthier may attain , And die with grieving . Portia You must take your chance , And either not attempt to ...
Page 122
... fortune . " You that choose not by the view , Chance as fair and choose as true : Since this fortune falls to you , 135 Be content , and seek no new . If you be well pleased with this , 140 145 And hold your fortune for your bliss ...
... fortune . " You that choose not by the view , Chance as fair and choose as true : Since this fortune falls to you , 135 Be content , and seek no new . If you be well pleased with this , 140 145 And hold your fortune for your bliss ...
Page 123
... fortune's summarized : You who choose not by the view Take fair chance , and choose quite true : Since this fortune falls to you Be content , seek nothing new . If you be well pleased with this , And see your fortune as your bliss ...
... fortune's summarized : You who choose not by the view Take fair chance , and choose quite true : Since this fortune falls to you Be content , seek nothing new . If you be well pleased with this , And see your fortune as your bliss ...
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