Act I and Act
II
Characters:
Antonio: merchant of Venice
Salarino and Solanio, and Gratiano all
friends of Antonio
Bassanio closer friend of Antonio,
asks to borrow money to court Portia.
Antonio is the merchant of Venice, “In
sooth I know not why I am sad.”
- Friends guess: waves are not helping business, in love?
- Decide that he is sad just because he is not happy.
Quotes:
Gratiano: “You have too much
respect upon the world.” Says that Antonio pays too much
attention, involved in other people's problems
Antonio: “I hold the world but as
the world, Gratiano, A stage where every man must play a part, and
min a sad one.”
Gratiano: “Why should a man whose
blood is warm within sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?”
Why be sad when you are alive, unlike
your grandfather.
Gratiano: “But fish not with this
melancholy bait For this foodl gudgeon, this opinion.”
Do not bring your melancholy
down on me, I am happy.
Bassanio:
- admits short comings, over does it, kisses up to Antonio
- poor, in debt, lost all his money from irresponsibility, prodigal
- Asks for more money
- sweet talker, way with words
- Describes Portia as 1. Rich 2. Fair 3. VirtuousShakespeare toolbox:
→ Enjambed lines: read
through until punctuation
→ Enjambment: spilling over
of lines without punctuation
→ Monologues: long speeches
made by one person, other people on stage.
→ Soliloquy: Speech given by
one alone person. Most often a monologue.
→ Aside: just to audience,
requires others to be on stage. Often creates dramatic irony.
→ Parenthetical Phrases: gaps
between subject and verb/ through-thought.
Be peevish? I tell thee what,
Antonio
(I love thee, and 'tis my love
that speaks):
There are a sort of men who
visages...
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