Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
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SCENE 9.] NOTES 169<br />
has been learned from this scene? Compare the sadness in<br />
which we first found Antonio with that which at first seemed to<br />
oppress Portia, and compare the directions that the two feelings<br />
are taking. Discuss the metre <strong>of</strong> the second lyric.<br />
Review <strong>of</strong> Acts I., II. Review the play from the beginning<br />
by-giving in order from memory the main point <strong>of</strong> each scene,<br />
and then again by giving the main purpose <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> the two<br />
acts that have been thus far read. Which <strong>of</strong> the scenes in<br />
the first two acts would be most effective on the modern stage ?<br />
Which would have been most so on the Shakespearian stage ?<br />
About what character have you learned the most in Act IL?<br />
What person in the drama is fast approaching success ?<br />
ACT III.<br />
SCENE I<br />
1. 2. unchecked. Uncontradicted.<br />
1. 4. narrow seas. Where ? See IL, viii. What advantage<br />
is gained by Shakespeare in causing the ships to be wrecked at<br />
such a distant place ?<br />
1. 10. knapped ginger. Gnawed ginger-root.<br />
1. 21. cross. See IL, v., 56.<br />
1. 21. my prayer. How was this the prayer <strong>of</strong> Salanio ?<br />
I 28. tailor. Who is meant by this ?<br />
1. 30. complexion. Nature.<br />
1. 33. devil. Where at least three times before in this play<br />
has Shylock been referred to as the devil f<br />
1. 35. flesh and blood. How in the next line does Salanio<br />
turn the sense in which these words were intended ?
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