Merchant of Venice character review

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Who needs money lended to the in order to impress Portia?

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Who needs money lended to the in order to impress Portia?

Bassanio

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2

Who lended money to Antonio in order for him to give money to Bassanio?

Shylock

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3

Who loss all of his ships at sea?

Antonio

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4

Who seeks or demands payment for his bond?

Shylock

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5

Who is not able to to pay back the 3000 ducats?

Antonio

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6

Who rushes back to Venice to try to save his friend?

Bassanio

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7

Who goes to Venice disguised as a young lawyer?

Portia

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8

Who refuses all offers of money?

Shylock

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9

Who is awarded half of Shylock’s goods?

Antonio

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10

What did Shylock have to become as a punishment?

Christian

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11

Whom does the judge ask for his ring

Portia

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12

Who actually gave him the ring originally?

Portia

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13

“This letter from Bellario doth commend a young and learned doctor to our court.”

Duke quoted

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14

I may neither choose whom I would nor refuse whom I dislike; So is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.

Portia quoted

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15

How I shall take her from her father's house, what gold and jewels she is furnish’d with, what page’s suit she hath in readiness.

Lorenzo quoted

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16

“But here an angel in a golden bed lies all within. Deliver me the key. here do I choose, and thrive as I may!”

Morocco quoted

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17

“If i can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him”

Shylock quoted

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18

“So please my lord the duke and all the court to quit the fine for one half of his goods, I am content; so he will let me have the other half in use, to render it…”

Antonio Quoted

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19

“The quality of mercy is not strained. It dropped as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”

Portia quoted

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20

“To bait fish withal. If it will feed nothing else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgrac’d me, and hind’red me half a million”.

Shylock

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21

“Good sir, this ring was given me by my wife; and when she put it on, she made me vow that i should neither sell nor give nor lose it”

Bassanio

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22

“That thou shalt see the difference of our spirit, I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it For half thy wealth, it is Antonio’s; the other half comes to the general state, which humbleness may drive unto a fine”

Duke quoted

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23

“Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh. She’d thou no blood, nor cut thou less nor nor more but just a pound of flesh.”

Portia

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24

“Nay, take my life and all; pardon not that. You take my house when you do take the prop that doth sustain my house; you take my life when you do take the means whereby I live.”

Shylock

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