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 77
... Tell dear Jessica I won't let her down . Tell her privately . [ Lancelot leaves ] Go , gentlemen . Get ready for tonight's masque [ dramatic entertainment ] . I've arranged my torchbearer . Salerio Right . I'll get started on it ...
... Tell dear Jessica I won't let her down . Tell her privately . [ Lancelot leaves ] Go , gentlemen . Get ready for tonight's masque [ dramatic entertainment ] . I've arranged my torchbearer . Salerio Right . I'll get started on it ...
Page 145
... tell white lies about how chaste ladies pursued me but fell sick and died when I turned them down ( lacking the necessary equipment ) ! Then I'll repent and wish I hadn't killed them . I'll tell twenty such petty lies , so that people ...
... tell white lies about how chaste ladies pursued me but fell sick and died when I turned them down ( lacking the necessary equipment ) ! Then I'll repent and wish I hadn't killed them . I'll tell twenty such petty lies , so that people ...
Page 149
... Tell the servants to prepare for dinner ! Lancelot That's done , sir : they are all hungry . Lorenzo Good lord , what a clown you are ! All right - ask them to prepare dinner . Lancelot That's done , too , sir - we only need to put the ...
... Tell the servants to prepare for dinner ! Lancelot That's done , sir : they are all hungry . Lorenzo Good lord , what a clown you are ! All right - ask them to prepare dinner . Lancelot That's done , too , sir - we only need to put 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