Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
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SCENE 9.] NOTES 15<br />
1. 32. spirits. Where used before in II., vii., with the same<br />
meaning as here ?<br />
1. 33. barbarous multitudes. Do these words <strong>of</strong> Arragon<br />
express conceit, or only independence ?<br />
1. 38. cozen. Cheat. What does Arragon think that a man<br />
ought to possess if he would honestly win any good fortune or<br />
honor ?<br />
1. 41. estates, degrees. Rank.<br />
1. 42. clear. Bright or pure. Latin clarus, bright.<br />
1. 44. cover. Put on the hat.<br />
1. 46. glean'd. Picked out.<br />
1. 52. What ellipsis <strong>of</strong> several words In this line ? Does<br />
Arragon think more <strong>of</strong> the meaning <strong>of</strong> the metals, or <strong>of</strong> that<br />
<strong>of</strong> the inscriptions ? Of whom is he thinking all the time that<br />
he is talking ? Why does he wish to win Portia ? What is<br />
the line <strong>of</strong> his argunaent ? Does either Arragon or Morocco<br />
need Portia's money ? Wherein did Arragon make his mistake<br />
— in his estimate <strong>of</strong> Portia or <strong>of</strong> himself ? Compare him with<br />
Morocco in this respect.<br />
1. 53. Of what importance is it to us to know that these<br />
words were spoken aside ?<br />
1. 61. <strong>of</strong>fend and judge. Portia probably intends to imply<br />
that, by the terms <strong>of</strong> her father's will, she has unintentionally<br />
been the means <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>fending Arragon, and that he must not ask<br />
her to be a judge <strong>of</strong> his deserts ; his fate was the result <strong>of</strong> no<br />
judgment <strong>of</strong> hers.<br />
L 61. distinct.<br />
Note the accent.
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