Literature Secondary 2 - Merchant of Venice (WA2)

“My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter,

Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!

Justice, the law, my ducats, and my daughter!"

With what craft does Shakespeare portray Shylock with in the scene?

• Repetition

• Diction

• Alliteration

• Irony

"I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you."

Which theme is this related to?

• Revenge

• Prejudice

• Love

• Loyalty

“So strange, outrageous, and so variable,

As the dog Jew did utter in the streets"

What is the craft Shakespeare used to portray Shylock in this scene?

• Diction

• Assonance

• Imagery

• Dramatic Irony

"Your mind is tossing on the ocean,

There, where your argosies with portly sail,

Like signors and rich burghers on the flood—

Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea—

Do overpeer the petty traffickers

That curtsy to them, do them reverence

As they fly by them with their woven wings."

What was referred to as "pageants"?

• Wealth

• Businesses

• Ships
• Cars

"[aside] How like a fawning publican he looks!

I hate him for he is a Christian,

But more for that in low simplicity"

What is used in this Shakespeare play?

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Rhetorical Question

• Thoughts

Launcelot has just resolved to leave Shylock for good when his father, the blind Old Gobbo, appears. Gobbo asks Launcelot whether he knows the way to Shylock's house. Amused that his father has not recognized him, Launcelot decides to play a prank on him by giving him bad directions. Then Launcelot plays an even crueler trick: he tells Gobbo that his son has died. Only when Gobbo exclaims with grief does Launcelot reveal himself.

What is the craft used by Shakespeare in this scene?

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

• Dramatic Irony

• Imagery

"I will make fast the doors and gild myself

With some more ducats, and be with you straight."

What is Jessica doing in this scene?

• Jessica is planning to take some more money.

• Jessica is planning to meet Shylock.

• Jessica is planning to disguise herself to escape.

• Jessica is planning to escape Shylock's house.

Aragon puzzles over the inscriptions on the three chests. He rejects the lead one ("Who chooseth me, must give and hazard all he hath") because he refuses to give or hazard anything for something so ugly and plain. He also rejects the gold one ("Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire") because he thinks only someone who looks skin deep would take that one and he refuses to be like "many men." Finally, he turns to the silver one: "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves". He notes how much better the world would be if every man only took what he deserved, and asks for the key.

What is the theme related to this scene?

• Prejudice

• Friendship

• Outward Appearances

• Revenge

"Mislike me not for my complexion,

The shadowed livery of the burnished sun,

To whom I am a neighbor and near bred."

What is the Prince of Morocco commenting on with the word "complexion"?

• Bright sun

• Portia's beauty

• Conditions in his homeland

• His skin colour

"You must take your chance,

And either not attempt to choose at all

Or swear before you choose, if you choose wrong

Never to speak to lady afterward

In way of marriage. Therefore be advised."

What is the penalty of choosing the wrong casket?

• To be banished from the kingdom
• Never to marry a woman

• To be forced into becoming a slave

• To be imprisoned for life