Quotes
Expressed in the condition, let the forfeit be nominated for an equal pound of your fair flesh, to be cut off and takn in what part of your body pleaseth me.
Shylock
How much money does Shylock lend Antonio
3000 ducats
Bassanio
Portia/ Antonio
Sometimes from her eyes I did receive fair speechless messages
Bassanio- Infatuation
What genre is this play?
Comedy
Give me your gloves; I’ll wear them for your sake- and for your love I’ll take this ring from you
Portia
Who does Jessica fall in love with and why is this frowned upon
Lorenzo, he’s a Christian
Nerissa
Gratiano/ Portia
You knew, noneso well, none so well as you, of my daughter’s flight.
Shylock- Betrayal/ Filial Relationships
Define Dramatic Irony
The audience knows something the characters do not
Well, while I live I’ll fear no other thing so sore as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring
Gratiano
Identify 3 major themes in the play and give an example of each
Filial love, romantic love, platonic love, loyalty, mercy, religion, revenge
Lorenzo
Jessica/ Lancelet
I would detain you here some month or two before you venture for me. I could teach you how to choose right, but then I am forsworn.
Portia- Infatuation/Romantic Love/Manipulation/Role of Women
Identify three adjectives to describe Portia’s character
Smart, confident, intelligent and manipulative
Yes, truly, for look you, the sins of the father ar eto be laid upon the children
Lancelet
Explain the oath and the lottery
Portia’s father
(the king) left in his will that she will wed whoever wins the lottery
Gobbo
Lancelet/ Shylock
Make no more offers, use no farther means, but with all brief and plain conveniency let me have judgment and the Jew his will
Antonio- Revenge/Justice
Briefly identify what inscription is on each one of the lottery boxes
Gold- who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire
Silver- who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves
Lead- who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves comit, for if they could, cupid himself would blush to see me thus transformed to a boy
Jessica
How does the court case end for Antonio and Shylock?
Antonio is free from harm, Shylock has broken a law that is punishable by confiscation of wealth and possibly death
Solanio
Salareo/Shylock
Gave it a judge’s clerk! No, god’s my judge, the clerk will never wear hair on ones face that had it.
Nerissa- Role of Women/Manipulation
Identify one character's plotline and the 5 elements of the plot.
Opening/ Rising Action/ The Complication/The Climax/ The Resolution