The Merchant of VeniceCourier Corporation, 27.03.2012 - 96 Seiten The Merchant of Venice is an intriguing drama of love, greed, and revenge. At its heart, the play contrasts the characters of the maddened and vengeful Shylock, a Venetian moneylender, with the gracious, level-headed Portia, a wealthy young woman besieged by suitors. At the play's climax, Shylock insists on the enforcement of a binding contract that will cost the life of the merchant Antonio — inciting Portia to mount a memorable defense. |
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... Portia and Bassanio, and Jessica and Lorenzo. But it is the relationship between Antonio, the merchant of Venice, and the moneylender Shylock that unites the play and provides the central conflict. Briefly, Antonio has borrowed money ...
... PORTIA, a rich heiress. NERISSA, her waiting-maid. JESSICA, daughter to Shylock. } suitors to Portia. friends to Antonio and Bassanio. } servants to Portia. Magnificoes of Venice, Officers of the Court of Justice, Gaoler, Servants to Portia ...
... Portia; nothing undervalued To Cato's daughter, Brutus' Portia: Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth; For the four winds blow in from every coast Renowned suitors; and her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece ...
... PORTIA's house. Enter PORTIA and NERISSA POR. By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world. NER. You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are: and yet, for aught ...
... Sibyl, in Ovid's Metamorphoses, XIV, where Apollo promises her as many years of life as the grains of sand she holds in her hand. 6. The four strangers] Portia has already described the suitors ACT I – SCENE II The Merchant of Venice 9.
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