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 116
... stand all aloof . Let music sound while he doth make his choice- Then if he lose , he makes a swan - like end , 45 Fading in music . That the comparison May stand more proper , my eye shall be the stream , And wat❜ry death - bed for ...
... stand all aloof . Let music sound while he doth make his choice- Then if he lose , he makes a swan - like end , 45 Fading in music . That the comparison May stand more proper , my eye shall be the stream , And wat❜ry death - bed for ...
Page 164
... stand forth . Portia Is your name Shylock ? Shylock Shylock is my name . Portia of a strange nature is the suit you follow , Yet in such rule that the Venetian law Cannot impugn you as you do proceed . You stand within his danger , do ...
... stand forth . Portia Is your name Shylock ? Shylock Shylock is my name . Portia of a strange nature is the suit you follow , Yet in such rule that the Venetian law Cannot impugn you as you do proceed . You stand within his danger , do ...
Page 195
... stand still , their savage eyes reduced to a docile gaze by the sweet power of music . Therefore the poet Ovid would have us believe that the music of Orpheus affected trees , stones and floods . There's nothing too brutish or stolid ...
... stand still , their savage eyes reduced to a docile gaze by the sweet power of music . Therefore the poet Ovid would have us believe that the music of Orpheus affected trees , stones and floods . There's nothing too brutish or stolid ...
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