Merchant of Venice. - Repositories
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166 NOTES [ACT m I. 129. substance. What does he mean ? I. 130. continent. That which contains. Note the extravagance of the language ; enumerate the various conceits between the lines 109 and 131. U. 139, 140. At what point in these two lines does Portia *^ratify the note" ? II. 156, 158. account. In what two somewhat different senses is the word used in these two lines ? 1. 159. in gross. In full. Where in I., iiL, was gross used m a similar sense ? 1.170. even now. Just now. 1. 174. presage. Where near the end of L, i., did this word occur ? 1. 175. vantage. Opportunity. 1. 177. blood. How would the truth of this remark be apparent to the eyes of Portia ? 1. 17P. In this line what grammatical peculiarity that has before occurred ? .. 192. from me. Away from me. 1. 200. for intermission. For a pastime. 1. 201. pertains. Is due. No more what? 1. 203. falls. Happens. Used again, as in I., ii., 86, in the sense of what longer form of the same word to-day ? 1. 209. Trace from the beginning of the play fro find anything that, now that the love of Nerissa and Gratiano has become an
SCENE 2.] NOTES 167 open secret, might possibly be interpreted as a hint of the feeling between the two. 1. 214, Lorenzo. Had the run-away couple come directly from Venice to Belmont ? 1. 215. Salerio. Some editions do not introduce a new character here, but make this to read Salanio. 1. 219. very friends. Friends in the truest sense of the word. 1. 228. commends. Whom did Antonio commend to Bassanio ? Why ? L 232. estate. Condition. 1. 233. cheer. Why does Portia apparently pay so little attention to Jessica ? 1. 235. royal. Noble, generous, dignified. Johnson says: " This epithet was, in our poet's time, more striking and better understood, because Gresham [a famous London merchant] was then commonly dignified with the title of the royal merchant.'*^ 1. 239. shrewd. " Keen, in the sense of piercing, painful.^* (E. H. Lewis.) L 242, constitution. L 243, constant. State of mind, Well-balanced. 1. 244. half. If you have read Julius Ccesar^ do you re«- call a similar expression used by the Portia of that play to her husband Brutus ? 1.268, mere enemy. Unqualified, absolute enemy.
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166 NOTES [ACT m<br />
I. 129. substance. What does he mean ?<br />
I. 130. continent. That which contains. Note the extravagance<br />
<strong>of</strong> the language ; enumerate the various conceits between<br />
the lines 109 and 131.<br />
U. 139, 140. At what point in these two lines does Portia<br />
*^ratify the note" ?<br />
II. 156, 158. account. In what two somewhat different<br />
senses is the word used in these two lines ?<br />
1. 159. in gross. In full. Where in I., iiL, was gross used<br />
m a similar sense ?<br />
1.170. even now. Just now.<br />
1. 174. presage. Where near the end <strong>of</strong> L, i., did this word<br />
occur ?<br />
1. 175. vantage. Opportunity.<br />
1. 177. blood. How would the truth <strong>of</strong> this remark be<br />
apparent to the eyes <strong>of</strong> Portia ?<br />
1. 17P. In this line what grammatical peculiarity that has<br />
before occurred ?<br />
.. 192. from me. Away from me.<br />
1. 200. for intermission. For a pastime.<br />
1. 201. pertains. Is due. No more what?<br />
1. 203. falls. Happens. Used again, as in I., ii., 86, in the<br />
sense <strong>of</strong> what longer form <strong>of</strong> the same word to-day ?<br />
1. 209. Trace from the beginning <strong>of</strong> the play fro find anything<br />
that, now that the love <strong>of</strong> Nerissa and Gratiano has become an
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