Themes
"I will not jump with common spirits / And rank me with the barbarous multitudes." (Prince of Arragon, choosing the silver casket)
What theme can you decipher from this text?
Greed vs Generosity
What is the main purpose of Act 2 Scene 8?
To bring out the troubles of Shylock
Jessica says, "I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so. Our house is hell, and thou, a merry devil, / Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness"
Irony
Who assured the Duke that Lorenzo was not on the ship with Bassanio?
Antonio
Too ____ _ _____ for that which you find there.
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What is the main purpose of Act 2 Scene 9?
To give us more information about the casket process and its inscriptions.
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I never heard a passion so confused, So strange, outrageous, and so variable As the dog Jew did utter in the streets. “My daughter, O my ducats, O my daughter! Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats! Justice, the law, my ducats, and my daughter, A sealèd bag, two sealèd bags of ducats, Of double ducats, stol’n from me by my daughter, And jewels—two stones, two rich and precious stones— Stol’n by my daughter! Justice! Find the girl! She hath the stones upon her, and the ducats.”
Who said this line?
Solanio
What’s here? The portrait of a ______ ____?
Blinking idiot
Explain the theme loyalty in Act 2 Scene 8 by giving evidence from the text
We can see how loyal Antonio is when Salerio recounts how Antonio and Bassanio parted ways.
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What classic idiom can be used to describe the events in Act 2 Scene 9?
"When one door closes, another one opens"
I am enjoined by oath to observe three things:
First, never to unfold to any one
Which casket ’twas I chose; next, if I fail
Of the right casket, never in my life
To woo a maid in way of marriage; lastly,
If I do fail in fortune of my choice,
Immediately to leave you and be gone.
Who said this line?
The Prince of Arragon
He came too late; the ship was under sail.
But there the ____ was given to understand
That in a gondola were seen together
Lorenzo and his amorous ____.
Besides, Antonio certified the _____
They were not with Bassanio in his ship.
Duke
Jessica
Duke
Explain how the theme discrimination is prevalent in Act 2 Scene 8 by giving evidence from the text
When Shylock is called a "Dog Jew" he is being discriminated and being victimised.
What is another sub-purpose for Act 2 Scene 8?
To update the reader on what is happening at the moment.
Marry, well remembered.
I reasoned with a Frenchman yesterday,
Who told me, in the narrow seas that part
The French and English, there miscarried.
A vessel of our country richly fraught.
I thought upon Antonio when he told me,
And wished in silence that it were not his.
What literary technique is used here?
Foreshadowing
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Let good Antonio look __ _____ ___ ___,
Or he shall pay for this.
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Explain the theme "The power of luck" in Act 2 Scene 9
Both Arragon and Morocco believe their choices would be right based on their own judgment, but they ultimately fail due to forces beyond their control, luck.
What sub-purpose can be seen in Act 2 Scene 9?
To finally show the arrival of Bassanio
Madam, there is alighted at your gate
A young Venetian, one that comes before
To signify th’ approaching of his lord,
From whom he bringeth sensible regreets;
To wit (besides commends and courteous breath),
Gifts of rich value; yet I have not seen
So likely an ambassador of love.
A day in April never came so sweet,
To show how costly summer was at hand,
As this fore-spurrer comes before his lord.
What literary technique has been used here?
Metaphor
A kinder gentleman treads not the Earth.
I saw Bassanio and Antonio part.
Who said this line?
Salerio
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