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1、The Merchant of Venice,By Dong YueMarch the 24th,The Merchant of VeniceBy Dong,1 Background information 2Mai,The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Though classified as a comedy and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeares other
2、 romantic comedies, the play is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes.,The Merchant of Venice is a pl,Antonio a merchant of Venice,Daughter and Father,Lovers,Couple,Friends,Save,Beat,Presides over his case,Enemy,Duke of VeniceAntonioShylockJe,Bassanio, a young noble man, wishes to woo the
3、beautiful heiress Portia of Belmont. He turns for his friend, Antonio, for 3,000 ducats as his expenditures. Antonio, who has previously and repeatedly bailed him out agrees, but since Antonio is cash-poor his ships and goods are busy at sea he promises to cover a bond if Bassanio can find a lender,
4、 so Bassanio turns to the Jewish moneylender Shylock and names Antonio as the loans guarantor. Shylock agrees to lend the sum to Antonio without interest upon one condition: if Antonio is unable to repay it at the specified date, Shylock may take a pound of Antonios flesh.,Synopsis Bassanio, a young
5、,Synopsis,Meanwhile in Belmont, Portia is awash with suitors. Her father left a will stipulating, each of her suitors must choose correctly from one of three caskets one each of gold, silver and lead. If he picks the right casket, he gets Portia. The two suitors before Bassanio have failed. Luckily,
6、 with the help of Portias household, Bassanio chooses the lead casket, winning Portias hand.,Synopsis Meanwhile in Belmont,Synopsis,At Venice, Antonios ships are reported lost at sea. This leaves him unable to satisfy the bond. Antonio has already made an enemy of Shylock through his outspoken antis
7、emitism, and also because Antonios habit of lending money without interest forces Shylock to charge lower rates. Shylock is even more determined to exact revenge from Christians after his daughter Jessica had fled home and eloped with the Christian Lorenzo.,Synopsis At Venice, Antonio,Synopsis,Here
8、comes the climax. Shylock refuses Bassanios offer of 6,000 ducats. He demands his pound of flesh from Antonio. The wit Portia disguises as a young lawyer appears at the court of trial and defeats Shylock s cruel demand by ordering the Jew to remove only the flesh, not the blood. She also tells him t
9、hat he must cut precisely one pound of flesh, no more, no less. Defeated, Shylock concedes to accepting Bassanios offer of money. Portia then cites a law under which Shylock, as a Jew , having attempted to take the life of a citizen, has forfeited his property, half to the government and half to Ant
10、onio, leaving his life at the mercy of the Duke. The Duke immediately pardons Shylocks life. Antonio asks for his share in use to Lorenzo and Jessica.,Synopsis Here comes the cli,Synopsis,Bassanio does not recognise his disguised wife, but offers to give a present to the supposed lawyer. Portia requ
11、ests his ring and Antonios gloves. Bassanio gives the ring only after much persuasion from Antonio, as earlier he promised his wife never to lose, sell or give it. At Belmont, Portia taunt and pretend to accuse her husband before revealing she is really the lawyer in disguise. After all the other ch
12、aracters make amends, Antonio learns from Portia that three of his ships were not stranded and have returned safely after all.,Synopsis Bassanio does not r,Though in the play Shakespeare obviously meant to exalt the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio and to idealize Portia as a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, yet when Shylock the usurer complains of his suffering from racial discriminationand religious persecution, the poet shows his full sympathy for the oppressed Jew.,Theme Though in the play Sh,Thank you,Thank you,知识回顾Knowledge Review,祝您成功！,知识回顾Knowledge Review祝您成功！,
