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| | The Merchant of Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Merchant of Venice is one of William Shakespeare's best-known plays, written at an uncertain date between 1594 and 1597. | | | Shylock is determined to exact revenge from Christians after his daughter Jessica flees his home to convert to Christianity and elope with the Christian Lorenzo, taking a substantial amount of Shylock's wealth with her. | | | It is a comedy ("comedy" had a very different meaning at the time; see Shakespearean comedies) and is best known for its portrayal of the Jew Shylock, which has raised questions of anti-semitism. |
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| | Merchant of Venice |
| | Lorenzo and Jessica are thieves and outlaws, sought by the state of Venice for larceny. | | | Lancelot invokes scripture (Exodus 34:7) to prove that Jessica must be damned for her father's sins. | | | Gasparo Contarini, The Commonwealth and Government of Venice (1599) A contemporary view of Venice, translated by an Englishman with English perspectives added. |
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| | GradeSaver: ClassicNote: About Merchant of Venice |
| | The Merchant of Venice was first printed in 1600 in quarto, of which nineteen copies survive. | | | Indeed, it represents wealth derived from inheritance, built on the merchandising of Venice, and is therefore a paradise founded on the despised trade it claims to hate. | | | His depiction of Shylock, the Jewish moneylender, causes the audience to both hate and pity the man, and has left critics wondering what Shakespeare was really trying to achieve. |
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| | The Merchant of Venice Summary & Essays - William Shakespeare |
| | Written sometime between 1596 and 1598, The Merchant of Venice is classified as both an early Shakespearean comedy (more specifically, as a "Christian comedy") and as one of the Bard's problem plays; it is a work in which good triumphs over evil, but serious themes are examined and some issues remain unresolved. | | | In Merchant, Shakespeare wove together two ancient folk tales, one involving a vengeful, greedy creditor trying to exact a pound of flesh, the other involving a marriage suitor's choice among three chests and thereby winning his (or her) mate. | | | The Merchant of Venice Summary & Essays - William Shakespeare |
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| | calendarlive.com: 'The Merchant of Venice' |
| | Michael Radford's splendid film of "The Merchant of Venice" is so somber — and rightly so — for so much of the time that it's hard to remember it is one of Shakespeare's comedies, indeed regarded as one of his greatest. | | | What Radford above all accomplishes in his filming of "The Merchant of Venice" is to suggest that, in essence, it is that most modern of entertainments: a dark — indeed, very dark — comedy. | | | Radford's direction of the ensemble cast is equally felicitous, for he has encouraged the actors to speak their lines in a conversational, natural way yet at the same time savor the poetry and eloquence of Shakespearean verse. |
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| | Full text and plot summary of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare |
| | The Merchant of Venice is a comedy written by Shakespeare somewhere between 1596 and 1598 and printed in 1600, taken in the main from Fiorentino's Il Pecorone ('The Blockhead'), Day 4 Story 1. | | | Full text and plot summary of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare | | | The story revolves around two main events: the winning of the beautiful Portia by a test involving gold, silver and lead caskets and the borrowing of 3000 ducats by noble Bassanio from his merchant friend Antonio. |
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| | SparkNotes: The Merchant of Venice: Themes, Motifs & Symbols |
| | Merchants like Antonio lend money free of interest and put themselves at risk for those they love, whereas Shylock agonizes over the loss of his money and is reported to run through the streets crying, “O, my ducats! | | | Lancelot greets his blind, long lost father by giving the old man confusing directions and telling the old man that his beloved son Lancelot is dead. | | | Home : English : Shakespeare Study Guides : The Merchant of Venice : Themes, Motifs & Symbols |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Merchant of Venice: DVD |
| | The Merchant of Venice is famous as a "problem play"--the gritty matters of moneylending and anti-Semitism sit uncomfortably beside the fairy tale elements of Portia and Bassanio's romance, and some twists of the plot can seem arbitrary or even cruel. | | | Shylock wants revenge, and he has the merchant Antonio (Jeremy Irons) at his mercy, for some ill-timed shipwrecks prevent the far from noble Christian from repaying his debt. | | | One can certainly understand why he tried to exact revenge on one of the wealthy Christians who treated him worse than a dog and personally spat upon him a mere week before coming ask him for a loan. |
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| | William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice |
| | Why, all the boys in Venice follow him, Crying, his stones, his daughter, and his ducats. | | | I acquainted him with the cause in controversy between the Jew and Antonio the merchant; we turn'd o'er many books together; he is furnished with my opinion which, bettered with his own learning-the greatness whereof I cannot enough commend- comes with him at my importunity to fill up your Grace's request in my stead. | | | Never did I know A creature that did bear the shape of man So keen and greedy to confound a man. He plies the Duke at morning and at night, And doth impeach the freedom of the state, If they deny him justice. |
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| | The Merchant of Venice (2004) |
| | The inherent problem with any staging of 'The Merchant of Venice' has never been the pseudo-controversial anti-Semitism, but the fact that there are two story lines wildly different in both tone and content; a frothy romantic comedy and a searing tragedy. | | | While mixing genres was all the rage in the sixteenth century (and mocked by Shakespeare in Hamlet), it rarely fails to grate with modern audiences. | | | William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (USA) (complete title) |
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| | Lambs' Tales From Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice |
| | By the laws of Venice, your wealth is forfeited to the state, for having conspired against the life of one of its citizens, and your life lies at the mercy of the duke; therefore, down on your knees, and ask him to pardon you.' | | | A day was appointed to try this shocking cause before the duke of Venice, and Bassanio awaited in dreadful suspense the event of the trial. | | | Lambs' Tales From Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice |
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| | The Merchant of Venice @Web English Teacher |
| | Merchant of Venice: GCSE Language and Literature Coursework | | | A Teacher's Guide for The Merchant of Venice and Othello | | | Plot summary, themes, a discussion of anti-Semitism in Elizabethan England, more. |
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| | William Shakespeare's - The Merchant of Venice (Widescreen) - Wal-Mart |
| | William Shakespeare's - The Merchant of Venice (Widescreen) - Wal-Mart | | | William Shakespeare's - The Merchant of Venice (Widescreen) | | | Link to Teacher's Guide; Making of "The Merchant Of Venice" Featurette.Audio Commentary, Behind The Scenes Featurette |
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| | William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice |
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| | Merchant of Venice: Entire Play |
| | She hath the stones upon her, and the ducats.' | | | Why, all the boys in Venice follow him, | | | And then away to Venice to your friend; |
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| | Merchant of Venice |
| | Venice has now been translated into Chinese, Italian & French. | | | This is the first step in making Venice publicly available and will hopefully soon lead to a first release. | | | This release brings basic intra-day quote support, a Polish translation and many bug fixes. |
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| | The Merchant of Venice |
| | A modern text of The Merchant of Venice | | | An often uncomfortable comedy, The Merchant of Venice is known for its sharp division between the commercial world of Venice and the seemingly idyllic world of Belmont. | | | A modern reader will be engaged by Shakespeare's portrait of the Jewish merchant, Shylock, and the overtones of anti-semitism in the play (whether these attitudes were Shakespeare's or those of some of the characters in the play). |
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| | Find in a Library: Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice |
| | Find in a Library: Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice | | | WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries. |
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| | Simply Audiobooks - Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare |
| | Simply Audiobooks - Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare | | | When news arrives that Antonio's merchant fleet, bearing his entire fortune in cargo, has been lost at sea, Portia must come to the rescue. | | | To do so, he needs to borrow 3,000 ducats from his friend Antonio, the merchant, who in turn, has to borrow from the usurer Shylock, Angered by past insults from Antonio, Shylock agrees to the loan on the condition that Antonio must forfeit a pound of flesh if he should default. |
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| | Shakespeare Resource Center - The Merchant of Venice |
| | The merchant agrees to this, confident in the return of his ships before the appointed date of repayment. | | | At this stage of the play, Portia is introduced: due to her father's will, all suitors must choose from among three coffers—one of which contains a portrait of her. | | | Portia, however, travels after him with her maid, Nerissa; they disguise themselves as a lawyer and clerk, respectively. |
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| | Masterpiece Theatre The Merchant of Venice |
| | Nunn sets the story partly in Venice's decadent café culture and partly in the city's Jewish quarter, Europe's original ghetto. | | | The Royal National Theatre production stars Henry Goodman as Shylock, the money-lending Jew who famously demands "a pound of flesh" in payment for a forfeited loan. | | | Masterpiece Theatre premieres its 31st season and its new Monday night timeslot with an acclaimed adaptation of Shakespeare's most controversial play, The Merchant of Venice. |
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