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Friday, November 22, 2019

merchant of venice

Act Two, Scene Seven
  1. Which casket does the Prince of Morocco think is
  2. worthy to contain Portia’s portrait? gold chest
  3. Complete this quote
  4. Is’t like that lead __contains___ her; ‘
  5. There damnation to think so based a thought’
  6. (Black Pg. 79, Blue Pg.54)
  7. Portia’s father uses the casket test to
  8. find her the most suitable husband.
  9. Do you think his test is working?
  10. .yes it is working very well it is working in a
  11. way but only if someone nor something sees it


Act Two, Scene Eight

  1. What two disasters have happened to Shylock?
    daughter ran away
  2. stole money and jewls
  3. Complete this quote that tells where
  4. Shylock think Lorenzo & Jessica have gone?
  5. The villain jew with outcrises __raised___ the duke,
  6. who went with
  7. him to search ____bassanios'_____ ship’ (Black Pg. 81, Blue Pg.55)
  8. How did Bassanio and Antonio leave Venice?
    the boated of into the sunset
  9. ‘In the narrow seas that part the French and English, there
  10. miscarried a vessel of our country richly fraught’
  11. (Black P. 83, Blue P.56) boat go by by and thinks it is antonio
  12. What is the first suggestion of trouble for Antonio? Act Two, Scene Nine
    1. What is the purpose of the rhymes in the caskets?
    2. to scare the others
    3. Why does the Prince of Arragon discard the golden casket? he wants what he deserves
    4. Complete this quote from the golden casket  ‘He who ____chooses____ me shall __get___ what _all___ men desire’ (Black Pg. 87, Blue Pg.58)
    5. Finish this quote that shows us Portia’s reaction to Bassanio’s arrival ‘Come, come, Nerissa; for I __long__ to see quick ___cupids__ post that comes so ____mannerly____’ (Black Pg. 91, Blue Pg.61)


Act Three, Scene Three:
  1. Antonio is now convinced that he knows the reason for Shylock’s insistence on claiming his bond. Finish the quote that tells us this, ‘He seeks my life, for reasons I know well, I oft delivered from his forfeitures Many that have at treat made mock to me; therefore he hath me’(Black Pg. 129, Blue Pg.77) 
  2. Why can the Duke not ‘deny the course of law’ according to Antonio? because he would disappoint the 7 merchants of Venice
  3. Why does Antonio seem resigned to his fate? What two important realisations is this based on? he gave up he lost his gold and his ducats and
  4. Do you think Antonio’s feelings towards Bassanio have changed since the beginning, why? yes Antonio is feeling sad and begging to shylock (but I bet as soon as shylock gives in Antonio will still be a pain and a big two-faced big-brained bully.)
  5. Finish this quote ‘Pray Good Bassanio to come to see me prey his death, and then I count not’ (Black Pg. 131, Blue Pg.78) 
  6. Shylock refuses to consider the idea of Mercy but demands Justice. Is true justice possible in this case? yep death according to a binding contract its Shylocks right to kill and grab a pound of flesh from great Antonio




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